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McLaughlin, Jennifer; Kelly, Kim – Harvard Educational Review, 2009
The following essay is a dialogue between two high school English teachers at a small, progressive public school on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Throughout their dialogue, Jen, whose voice appears in italics, and Kim, whose voice appears in plain text, discuss the factors that motivated their decisions to become teachers, tell of the distinct…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Interpersonal Communication, Political Attitudes
Behrent, Megan – Harvard Educational Review, 2009
High school teacher Megan Behrent reflects on the impact of Obama's election on the students in her high school classroom. Obliged to temper her students' joyful exuberance on the morning of November 5, 2008, Behrent found that the election fervor highlighted for her the ways that schooling under NCLB has constrained both educators and students,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship, Presidents, African Americans
Kirst, Michael W.; Edelstein, Fritz – Harvard Educational Review, 2006
As the chief elected officials of their cities, mayors have a rightful role in promoting the interests of public school students and parents who live there, as well as the interests of taxpayers who help fund the school district. Without a strong education system, mayors will find it more difficult to recruit new businesses, strengthen economic…
Descriptors: City Government, Public Officials, Government School Relationship, Administrator Role
Usdan, Michael D. – Harvard Educational Review, 2006
Over the last generation, a new politics of education has evolved throughout the United States. Since the 1983 watershed report "A Nation at Risk" (National Commission on Excellence in Education, 1983), the country's most influential business and political leaders--and, more recently, mayors--have spearheaded efforts to improve student achievement…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, City Government, Public Officials, Government School Relationship
Simmons, Warren; Foley, Ellen; Ucelli, Marla – Harvard Educational Review, 2006
Advocates for education reform are becoming increasingly frustrated with the pace of progress in school districts across the United States, especially those in urban communities. Low student achievement appears to be a fact of life in most of these districts, particularly among poor students and students of color. Results of the National…
Descriptors: Educational Change, School Districts, Urban Schools, City Government
Wong, Kenneth K. – Harvard Educational Review, 2006
Like many urban reform strategies, mayoral leadership in education has both proponents and skeptics. On the one hand, proponents argue that mayor-led initiatives have the potential to transform low-performing schools and to hold schools and students accountable to systemwide standards. On the other hand, skeptics see mayoral involvement as…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, City Government, Public Officials, Government School Relationship