Through the cracksMinneapolis Southwest JournalLINDEN HILLS — The Minnesota Department of Education in May directed Minneapolis Public Schools to revise its rules for identifying students in need of special education services in response to a...
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Evidence based tools (and cool, pertinent links) for HS dropout and disporportionality prevention/intervention
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In Michael Brick’s new book, ‘Saving the School,’ the author follows a group of educators trying to turn around a failing Texas high school, and shows that to overcome poverty, teachers must do more than just teach."why schools like Reagan often appear to be such blighted places: less because their teachers are uniformly uncaring or their students unmotivated than because so many impoverished schools have become, over the past 30 years, increasingly cut off from the mainstream of American society, situated in neighborhoods victimized by white and middle-class flight; asked to compete with charter schools; and then left to educate a greater proportion of poor, special education, and non-English speaking students than the public school system at large. the raw numbers of education reform never tell the full story of what goes on within any classroom, let alone in the neighborhood that hosts it.
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Through his social media campaign called “Undroppable,” Jason Pollack is inspiring students to get their education, no matter the odds. Delete the scoop?
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Integration efforts, from busing children out of district to opening charter schools, have proven controversial. David Karp, author of Kids First and Sheryll Cashin, author of The Failures of Integration discuss why some schools are segregated and what, if anything, should be done about it.
There is a reason to believe that desegregation can be a "game changer" for children born in poverty. This is a highly complex issue. However..........desegregation can close gaps if done well.
The achievement gaps were CLOSED and NOT at the expense of the majority. Choosing ECONOMIC integration may be the way to go. Delete the scoop?
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National Center for Culturally Responsive Ed ucational Systems (nccrest) Delete the scoop?
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An article about one district's attempt to close the gap between minorities taking AP courses.
High School students in Woodland Joint Unified School District are taking more Advanced Placement (AP) exams and are passing them at higher rates. AP exams are administered by the College Board in the spring. They are scored on a scale of 1 to 5, and scores of 3, 4, and 5 are considered by the College Board to be indicators of college readiness.
According to Debra Calvin, Associate Superintendent of Educational Services, “Woodland Joint Unified School District recognizes the importance of ensuring students are college and career ready and is committed to increasing access to Advanced Placement programs for all students. We are glad to see the gains our high school students are making on this important measure of college readiness.”
Goal #2, which is the elimination of disproportionality among subgroups of students, as it relates to Advanced Placement classes. Delete the scoop?
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This article is part of an occasional series in which Learning Curve is examining the school cultures established by three Minneapolis schools aiming to close the achievement gap.
MCP’s 50 new students spent the first two days of the new school year learning the school’s super-strict behavioral rules and taking placement tests. While the kids were busy realizing that their teachers will in fact hand out demerits for infractions as small as shirts partially untucked, the teachers were busy grouping them into five cohorts
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Seclusions and Restraint Statutes, Regulations, Policies and Guidance (Seclusions and Restraint Statutes, Regulations, Policies and Guidance: http://t.co/NfEMqlTw...)... Via Dennis P. Garland Delete the scoop?
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It is one of the most important education books I have read. He has reframed my thinking. Contrary to what too many scapegoaters claim, I've never believed public education to be the cause of America's socioeconomic ills.
Reforming public education does little to reduce poverty. Reducing poverty does lots to reform public education.Student poverty is the eightball Via Karen Rockhold Delete the scoop?
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Given the problems still found in the city's schools, it's clear the one-size-fits-all approach to maintaining discipline - which can include expulsions for minor infractions, such as violations of dress codes, as well as more serious problems - hasn't worked. In fact, the effectiveness of zero-tolerance policies - many of which were imposed after the Columbine shooting - has been questioned for some time. Last year, a report by three groups, including a civil-rights organization and the Education Law Center, said that the policy has made Philadelphia schools less safe, and that the policy often targets black and Latino students. Many researchers and scholars have echoed these concerns. Zero tolerance is not only ineffective in reducing violence or crime in schools but has also created a "school-to-prison pipeline." Students who are routinely expelled, suspended multiple times or even arrested in school find themselves on a path to incarceration; in fact, young people who drop out of high school, many after expulsions and suspensions, are eight times more likely to land in prison than students who graduate Delete the scoop?
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This video is part of "Undroppable," a documentary project from @Jason_Pollock that tells the stories of young people who have overcome significant obstacles to graduate from high school.
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Michigan Department of Education document to explain the new system: MiExcel. Page 19 shows the four year plan.
District-Level Set-Aside Options for Priority and Focus Schools:
Option One
Option Two Job-embedded professional learning for staff aligned to the building’s needs assessment. Option Three Contract with a district improvement facilitator to examine achievement gap data and identify strategies for addressing the gaps.
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Systemic renewal is a continuing process of evaluating goals and objectives related to school policies, practices, and organizational structures as they impact a diverse group of learners. It is an effective way for a building to asses it own unique needs. This is the basis for effective problem solving and intervention with the potential to work. Delete the scoop?
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For success, character trumps cognitive skills, Paul Tough says.
In this absorbing and important book, Tough explains why American children from both ends of the socioeconomic spectrum are missing out on these essential experiences. The offspring of affluent parents are insulated from adversity, beginning with their baby-proofed nurseries and continuing well into their parentally financed young adulthoods. And while poor children face no end of challenges — from inadequate nutrition and medical care to dysfunctional schools and neighborhoods — there is often little support to help them turn these omnipresent obstacles into character-enhancing triumphs.
Paul Tough brings us news of the psychological effects of income inequality, through stories of the people who feel these effects most acutely: our children.
Wonderful article. Must have book.
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About the Project
UNDROPPABLE is a social media campaign and feature length documentary "in the making" to highlight inspiring students who are going through a lot, but somehow are able to muscle through and graduate no matter what. Most of the times you hear about a school on TV it's because something bad happened in that community. UNDROPPABLE is here to show schools there are people in the media who want to shine a light on the BEST things that are happening at their schools. Students are graduating everywhere against great odds. These brave individuals are truly rock stars in their communities and they deserve a media platform to share their stories. UNDROPPABLE is here to change the conversation around the importance of supporting education at all costs. If we truly want to fix our world economy, we need to fix education first. Our schools are UNDROPPABLE, our students are UNDROPPABLE, and education is an issue that is UNDROPPABLE! Delete the scoop?
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@HuffingtonPost Wrote a blog abt Undroppable & #edreform. Delete the scoop?
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This presentation provides an overview of disproportionality as it relates to school discipline. It outlines the reporting requirements under IDEA 2004, highlighting those specific to disproportionality. It then provides information on the research underlying the disproportionality of minorities and students with disabilities in school discipline data. The presentation concludes by offering potential responses to disproportionality, including procedures stipulated by federal law and Local Equity Action Development (LEAD) Projects. The presentation was given by Russ Skiba, of the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at Indiana University, at the Annual Meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, held in Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 6, 2006. Delete the scoop?
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Ever heard of the Teach for All network? Their sole purpose is to make excellent education available to everyone...Teach For All addressing educational need around the world, which limits entire cross-sections of students from reaching their full potential.
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By 2050, nearly two-thirds of Texas public school students will be Hispanic and probably poor. But in the Laredo Independent School District, for one, that is already the case. The district has also created a partnership with Texas A&M International University to create an early college high school in which students can take courses that allow them to graduate with college credits in hand. “what you were born into does not have to be your lot in life, you are just going to have to dig down and really buy into our system of teaching and learning in the 21st century.” Delete the scoop?
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By Heather Wollpert-Gawron
"A while back, I was asked, "What engages students?" Sure, I could respond, sharing anecdotes about what I believed to be engaging, but I thought it would be so much better to lob that question to my own eighth graders. The responses I received from all 220 of them seemed to fall under 10 categories, representing reoccurring themes that appeared again and again. So, from the mouths of babes, here are my students' answers to the question: "What engages students?" Via Jim Lerman, Kim Flintoff Delete the scoop?
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In this Voices of the Dropout Nation, Matt Barnum takes on these assertions and notes the growing evidence that shows the value and importance of testing in advancing the reforms needed to help all children succeed. Read, consider, and offer your own thoughts. Delete the scoop?
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Recognizing the essential role of high school diplomas in their students' lives, this Spotlight examines how schools are using new strategies and a whatever-it-takes attitude to discourage dropping out and boost graduation rates. Delete the scoop?
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It's the second day of school in Chaparral High School, a day assistant principal Todd Peterson calls "the second happiest day in the world for all the kids." "They're measuring everybody up and they're making the decisions, one, if they like the...
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A 4th grade teacher's blog regarding her experience with CHAMPS for classroom management, discipline and organization. CHAMPS is by Randy Sprick's Safe and Civil Schools. It incorporates best practices in a framework that guides while allowing teachers to individualize to their classroom. Teachers leave with a succinct classroom management plan . Delete the scoop?
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Katie Goldman authored the book: "Bullied: What Every Parent, Teacher and Kid Needs to Know About Ending the Cycle of Fear," released this month. In it, she explores the subtle and not-so-subtle ways in which society fosters a fear of those perceived as different and what parents can do about it.
This article discusses how our gender norms influence children early on, causing a fear of anything that "looks different". Even department stores do it by sorting toys by color or having girl aisles and boy aisles.
I'm thinking back to kindergarten when I played with the guys in the tonka truck and block area, wondering what the heck the girls found so fascinating about those dollhouses with silly Barbies. I was teased....and, I suspect, bullied into being a posing Ken and Barbie lover (by day)....tree-climbing skateboarder by night. ; 0 Delete the scoop?
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