This book chapter focuses on the role of political leadership and entrepreneurship in establishing early legitimacy for and confidence in a reform agenda in Philadelphia's public school system betw...
This study of teacher staffing issues in the School District of Philadelphia, the third in a series, outlines the degree to which the district has succeeded in upgrading teachers' professional cred...
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This study of teacher staffing issues in the School District of Philadelphia, the third in a series, outlines the degree to which the district has succeeded in upgrading teachers' professional cred...
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Many of the most radical interventions spelled out as possible improvement strategies for low performing schools and districts in the federal No Child Left Behind legislation have been tried in the...
Clearly, leadership is key in the success of any reform, especially one as ambitious and complex as that in Philadelphia. 'The case of Philadelphia is noteworthy as an examplar of the implementatio...
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For researchers seeking to examine the effects of the school and district interventions spelled out in the 2002 federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation, there is no better place to look tha...
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In 2002, new teacher retention was a major problem in the Philadelphia school district: less than half of new teachers were staying in the district after three years on the job. Useem and Neild det...
This paper focuses on the school district of Philadelphia following the state takeover. It explores the tensions between state pressures to shift power away from the district central office and tow...
In this executive summary to the second report on teacher quality in Philadelphia, the authors revisit the issues of declining rates of teacher certification, high rates of teacher turnover, elevat...
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In this second report on teacher quality in Philadelphia, the authors revisit the issues of declining rates of teacher certification, high rates of teacher turnover, elevated attrition rates in hig...
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The New Teacher Coaches were a part of a group of initiatives launched by the School District of Philadelphia for the 2003-04 school year designed to retain teachers who were new to the system. Thi...
As part of an ambitious effort to retain new teachers, the School District of Philadelphia in the fall of 2003 created a cadre of 61 New Teacher Coaches to mentor first-year teachers. At the end of...
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This report compares the way the School District of Philadelphia goes about hiring and placing teachers in schools with the practices of other districts. We did this to inform the current debate ov...
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This commentary in the Philadelphia Inquirer builds off of some of the findings 'Once and For All: Placing a Highly Qualified Teacher in Every Philadelphia Classroom.' and a coalition of 23 organiz...
The executive summary to the report compares the way the School District of Philadelphia goes about hiring and placing teachers in schools with the practices of other districts.
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This report examines the current status of teacher quality in the city and what the School District of Philadelphia is now doing to ensure that all classrooms have highly trained, motivated, and kn...
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This report from Benchmarks, desribes Philadelphia's comprehensive school reform initiative beginning in December 2001 after the state takeover of the district. It outlines the implementation of th...
A review and synthesis of findings from evaluations of nine separate professional development initiatives implemented in urban schools. This article identifies school and district policies and stru...
