The Limits and Contradictions of Systemic Reform: The Philadelphia Story: (382732004-001)
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In Philadelphia, the Annenberg Challenge was known as Children Achieving and was a districtwide systemic reform initiative designed and led by a small core group of District officials and external partners. This report examines the Children Achieving Challenge and the strategies the designers employed to improve teaching and learning in the public schools. Among the conditions associated with the Annenberg Challenge were requirements that two matching dollars be raised for each one received from the Annenberg Foundation and that an independent management structure be created to provide program, fiscal, and evaluation oversight of the grant. In Philadelphia, a business organization, Greater Philadelphia First, assumed these responsibilities, and with them, the challenge of working with the School District to build and sustain civic support for the improvement of the public schools.
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- Corcoran, T., & Christman, J. B.
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- 2002
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- W2904966148
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- 2019: 1 · 2012: 2
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- en
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- repository.upenn.edu
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- PsycEXTRA Dataset (publishedVersion)
- ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania) (submittedVersion)
- Issue Lab (Candid) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- University of Pennsylvania
- Council on Anthropology and Education
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Educational Assessment and Improvement
- Social Sciences › Education › Educational Leadership and Practices
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Public Policy and Administration Research
- Keywords
- systemic reform, educational reform, public schools, School District of Philadelphia, matching grants, school improvement, teaching-learning process
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