THE IMAGINARY ABOUT THE SCHOOL and THE POSSIBILITIES of AN EQUALITARIAN SCHOOL: A STUDY on THE BRAZILIAN STATE SCHOOLS

The main objective of the article is to reflect on the imaginary that the teachers of two public schools have of their students and the school they work in and the ideal of an inclusive and democratic school. In this article, we reflect on the image that the teachers of two public schools in the city of Rio Claro, São Paulo State, Brazil, have of their students and their school as an institution. We use the studies of imaginary sociology as a theoretic reference base. Castoriadis (1986); Taylor (2006); Legros et al (2007) and Baczo (1984) are the referenced authors of this article. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of The Association of Science, Education and Technology

Achieving educational quality: what schools teach us: learning from Chile's P900 primary schools

Includes bibliography

Alternative Strategies for Identifying High-Performing Charter Schools in Texas

The Obama administration's recurring policy emphasis on high-performing charter schools begs the obvious question: how do you identify a high-performing charter school? That is a crucially important policy question because any evaluation strategy that incorrectly identifies charter school performance could have negative effects on the economically and/or academically disadvantaged students who frequently attend charter schools. If low-performing schools are mislabeled and allowed to persist or encouraged to expand, then students may be harmed directly. If high-performing schools are driven from the market by misinformation, then students will lose access to programs and services that can make a difference in their lives. Most of the scholarly analysis to date has focused on comparing the performance of students in charter schools to that of similar students in traditional public schools (TPS). By design, that research measures charter school performance only in relative terms. Charter schools that outperform similarly situated, but low performing, TPSs have positive effects, even if the charter schools are mediocre in an absolute sense. This analysis describes strategies for identifying high-performing charter schools by comparing charter schools with one another. We begin by describing salient characteristics of Texas charter schools. We follow that discussion with a look at how other researchers across the country have compared charter school effectiveness with TPS effectiveness. We then present several metrics that can be used to identify high-performing charter schools. Those metrics are not mutually exclusive—one could easily justify using multiple measures to evaluate school effectiveness—but they are also not equally informative. If the goal is to measure the contributions that schools are making to student knowledge and skills, then a value-added approach like the ones highlighted in this report is clearly superior to a levels-based approach like that taken under the current accountability system.

Schools and religion : proceedings before the United States Commission on Civil Rights : executive summary and transcripts of proceedings held in Washington, DC, New York City, and Seattle, WA, Spring/Summer 1998.

"December 1999."

The school use of Cleveland's Public Library.

"One of a series of bulletins on what Cleveland's public schools are doing."

The crucial test of the public school system /

At head of title: University of Illinois.

Annual report.

18 -1905 include the Annual report of the superintendent of public schools.

Duplicate schools in the Bronx,

"The information contained in the report was contributed...by principals and teachers employed in the schools considered."--p.5.

The old grammar schools.

"Short bibliography": p.[143]-145.

Standard tests as aids in school supervision, illustrated by a study of the Stoughton, Wisconsin, schools,

Mode of access: Internet.

A state equalizing fund for public education, showing how Louisiana can more adequately meet its educational responsibility.

At head of title: State department of education of Louisiana.

Synopsis of a plan for the thoro reorganization of the American public school system on lines to be exemplified by a model school, tentatively designated "The people's new education advanced common school" /

Cover title.

High points in the work of the high schools of New York City.

Editors: Jan. 1919- L.A. Wilkins and others.

Financial report and public debt statement, Ohio school districts.

Mode of access: Internet.

A fiscal survey of the public school system of Delaware.

Mode of access: Internet.