An evaluation the Teach for America program. He looks at the
"doublet" of urban/rural and how it creates a space in which a
child can never be average. The book might be useful at looking
at the distinction of the urban/ suburban classification of the
two school districts.
Nate
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Barowy <wbarowy who-is-at lesley.edu>
To: xmca who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Date: Thursday, February 04, 1999 11:35 AM
Subject: Comparative Studies
>Folks,
>
>Your willing contributions have always been enormously helpful,
and I wish
>to express my appreciation. My next request to you follows. I
have jumped
>into a funded project that I had not taken part in
conceptualizing from the
>start, but having the instinct that a good experience would
emerge. I am
>now trying to shape the research further, within the bounds of
the project
>goals. Two school systems are involved, and they each are
exchanging and
>adopting some practices of the other. One is
>a suburban school system, and the other an urban school.
Perhaps a
>comparative study will be useful, but the clock is ticking...
>
>Can you offer any references of comparative studies between
institutions,
>especially those that might offer models for research
methodology?
>
>BTW One project URL follows.
>http://www.lesley.edu/faculty/wbarowy/BA/Best.html
>
>TIA,
>Bill
>
>
>Bill Barowy, Associate Professor
>Technology in Education
>Lesley College, 31 Everett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138-2790
>Phone: 617-349-8168 / Fax: 617-349-8169
>http://www.lesley.edu/faculty/wbarowy/Barowy.html
>_______________________
>"One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart
from yourself
> and watch yourself softly become the author of something
beautiful."
>[Norman Maclean in "A river runs through it."]
>
>