As Good as It Gets: What School Reform Brought to Austin

by Larry Cuban

Book Overview

Take an economically and racially diverse urban school district emerging from a long history of segregation. Add an energetic, capable, bridge-building superintendent with ambitious district-wide goals to improve graduation rates, school attendance, and academic performance. Consider that he was well funded and strongly supported by city leaders, teachers, and parents, and ask how much changed in a decade of his tenure--and what remained unchanged?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674035542
• ISBN13: 9780674035546
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.3"