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Northwest Education Magazine -- Winter 1999
City Kids:
What Helps Them Thrive

In This Issue
 
Lessons from the Cities
 
The Superintendent Who Listens
 
The Education of an Angel
 
A City Fit for Kids
 
Teachers Wanted:
Must Like Snow

 
A Hero’s Welcome
 
What Works
 
In the Library
 
Voices
 
Dialogue
 
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Lessons from the Cities, part three:
Positive Steps

America’s cities have been evolving for decades to produce the conditions that now affect the lives of so many children. Paul Hill, in Fixing Urban Schools, suggests that multiple approaches are needed to bring about lasting change. Similarly, Michael Casserly, who directs the Council of the Great City Schools, articulates a "growing national consensus about what it will take to improve urban schools: set high standards, strengthen teaching, improve discipline, instill accountability, involve the community, spend wisely, and do what works."

What are some of the ways urban schools are working to turn obstacles into opportunities for city kids? The answers are still in development, but here are four trends that promise to make a difference—in the Northwest and all across the country.

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