• Going Public: A profile of the Edmonds, Wash., school district, where engaging the public has become an integral part of doing business. • Survey Says: Polls, surveys, and focus groups are becoming popular tools for listening to the public’s concerns about schools. • Educated Consumers: Parents steeped in the consumer mentality are putting pressure on educators to give them more choices and a a greater role in making important decisions about their children’s education. • Philadelphia Story: The Philadelphia school district offers a high-profile, high-stakes test case for public engagement as residents struggle to understand Superintendent David Hornbeck’s Children Achieving agenda • The Business End: In Ohio, an unusual business-backed organization called BEST is working to build support among Ohioans for improving schools. • Information Age: The explosion of information available over the Internet and World Wide Web has broad implications for how the public gets information about schools--and what people do with that knowledge when they have it. • Money Talks: The foundation world is backing a new kind of reporting, called public journalism, to help people focus on solving problems together. Such coverage often zeroes in on a community’s schools.
- • Divided We Stand
Week 1
November 6, 1996
- • A Lesson in Winning Back an Estranged Public
Week 2
November 20, 1996
- • Polling Techniques Help Districts To Get Closer to Their Customers
Week 3
December 11, 1996
- • Philadelphia Story
Week 4
February 19, 1997
- • Drawing on Diversity, Ohio Coalition Seeks Common Ground
Week 5
March 12, 1997
- • Educated Consumers
Week 6
March 26, 1997
- • Civic Journalism Putting Spotlight On School Issues
Week 7
April 9, 1997
• Going Public: A profile of the Edmonds, Wash., school district, where engaging the public has become an integral part of doing business.
• Survey Says: Polls, surveys, and focus groups are becoming popular tools for listening to the public’s concerns about schools.
• Educated Consumers: Parents steeped in the consumer mentality are putting pressure on educators to give them more choices and a a greater role in making important decisions about their children’s education.
• Philadelphia Story: The Philadelphia school district offers a high-profile, high-stakes test case for public engagement as residents struggle to understand Superintendent David Hornbeck’s Children Achieving agenda
• The Business End: In Ohio, an unusual business-backed organization called BEST is working to build support among Ohioans for improving schools.
• Information Age: The explosion of information available over the Internet and World Wide Web has broad implications for how the public gets information about schools--and what people do with that knowledge when they have it.
• Money Talks: The foundation world is backing a new kind of reporting, called public journalism, to help people focus on solving problems together. Such coverage often zeroes in on a community’s schools.
