Authors: Mary Haywood Metz
ISBN-13: 9780807743447, ISBN-10: 0807743445
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Date Published: July 2003
Edition: 1st Edition
Back in print for use in your courses, this classic text features a new introduction by the author that situates the book in the context of present-day educational debates. This historic study analyzes the organizational and political pressures that combined to make three magnet schools distinctive social environments -- a rare glimpse at the critical processes with which teachers and students in both "regular" schools and schools of choice must constantly struggle. In her new introduction, Metz discusses many of today's hot topics, including school choice, curricular reform, and school equity. She also looks at what has transpired in the school district and the schools since her study was first published two decades ago. The depth of detail in these case studies, along with the clear and systematic discussion of each school in terms of the theoretical framework provided by the author, make this a sought-after textbook for educational policy and school organization courses.
Introduction to the Teachers College Press Edition | ||
Ch. 1 | Introduction | 1 |
Ch. 2 | The School System's Influence on the Magnet Schools | 15 |
Ch. 3 | Organizational Processes and Life Within the Schools | 39 |
Ch. 4 | Adams Avenue School for Individually Guided Education | 57 |
Ch. 5 | Jesse Owens Open Education School | 104 |
Ch. 6 | Horace Mann School for the Gifted and Talented | 154 |
Ch. 7 | Lessons from the Heartland Schools | 207 |
App. A | Time Line of Events | 227 |
App. B | The Methodological Approach | 233 |
Notes | 241 | |
Bibliography | 253 | |
Index | 261 |