1. LESLIE JACOBS.
- Author
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Ruth, Dawn
- Subjects
EDUCATIONAL change ,EDUCATIONAL innovations ,URBAN schools -- Social aspects ,EDUCATION policy - Abstract
The article focuses on Leslie Jacobs, an education reformist in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jacobs has led every educational reform progressively moving from Baton Rouge during her years as a governor-appointed member of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. She is also instrumental in the operation of Knowledge is Power Program and other educational reforms in the state. It adds that Jacobs believes that the city would be the national model for urban school reform within five years.
- Published
- 2008