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ERIC Number: EJ517890
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Transforming an Urban School.
Spilman, Craig E.
Educational Leadership, v53 n4 p34-39 Dec-Jan 1995-96
Since 1991, a formerly rundown Baltimore middle school's reform efforts have been propelled by visionary administrative leadership; a collegial team of empowered teachers; a responsive, teacher-designed curriculum and instructional model; nongraded, schools-within-a school, interdisciplinary team-teaching; and productive school-business partnerships. (MLH)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, High Risk Students, House Plan, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools, Partnerships in Education, Program Descriptions, School Based Management, School Business Relationship, Team Teaching, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Baltimore City Public Schools MD; Teacher Empowerment