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Schools of Opportunity

Name: Schools of Opportunity
Brand: TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESS
SKU: 9780807768365
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TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESSISBN: 9780807768365

10 Research-Based Models of Equity in Action

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Edited by Adam York, Kevin Welner, Linda Molner Kelley
Imprint: TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESS
Release Date: April 27, 2023
Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 240

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Schools of Opportunity builds an argument for shifting the way that excellent schools are recognized and built. The National Education Policy Center's Schools of Opportunity project was designed to highlight public high schools that are using research-based practices for closing opportunity gaps in student learning. The project recognizes schools working to address the needs of all students, whether or not those schools have high average test scores. This approach thus embraces a shift away from the nation's myopic focus on outcomes. This follows from research findings that schools alone cannot fix the problems created by the stark inequalities in our society. Instead, schools should be expected to do their part by responding to inequities with research-based practices. With these shifts in mind, this book provides case studies of schools that demonstrate key criteria that other schools can emulate, such as an inclusive school climate, support for language-minority students, performance-based assessment, teacher professionalism, a commitment to detracking, and supports for students in need. Book Features: Provides accounts of school reform, jointly told by researcher-practitioner teams, connecting current research with successful efforts of educators to create outstanding learning environments. Brings together the voices of principals and school leaders who share stories of how their work has unfolded in their school, district, and state contexts. Identifies the school leadership and teacher practices that close opportunity gaps for student learning, and what it takes to implement them.

Adam York is a research associate with the National Education Policy Center. Kevin Welner is a professor of education policy at the University of Colorado Boulder and the director of the National Education Policy Center. Linda Molner Kelley is codirector of the Schools of Opportunity project at the National Education Policy Center.

Contents Introduction: The Schools of Opportunity Project ?1 Matt Garcia and Michelle Renee Valladares 1. ?A Challenging, Supported, and Engaging Curriculum for All ?19 Kevin Welner and John Murphy 2. ?A Multipronged and Equity-Oriented Approach to Transforming School Climate: The Story of Revere High School ?35 Kathryn E. Wiley and Lourenco Garcia 3. ?Authentic and Equitable Engagement in Learning at Pocomoke High School ?49 Kellie Rolstad and Jenifer Rayne 4. ?Authentic Assessment Embedded in Project-Based Learning ?67 Jeffrey Palladino and Lorrie A. Shepard 5. ?Preserving, Deepening, and Growing a Professional Teaching Culture: Lessons From Casco Bay High School ?89 Linda Molner Kelley and Derek Pierce (with Matt Bernstein, Susan McCray, and Rebecca Lynch Nichols) 6. ?Clark Street Community School: A Place for All Students to Live, Learn, and Create ?109 Jill Gurtner and Julie Mead 7. ?A Holistic Approach to Learning and Development: Shifting Paradigms One School at a Time ?131 Kristen P. Goessling, Kate Somerville, Adam York, and Kimberly Grayson 8. ?Student Organizing and Leadership for Education Justice: Curriculum as a Site for Healing and Wellness ?146 Kate Somerville, Kristen P. Goessling, Adam York, and Kimberly Grayson 9. ?The High School in the Middle of Everywhere: Nebraska's Lincoln High ?158 Edmund T. Hamann, Janet Eckerson, and Mark Larson 10. ?"Like a Family": Sharing Leadership With Teachers, Students, Families, and Community at Rainier Beach High School ?176 Ann M. Ishimaru and Dwane Chappelle Conclusion: From Schools of Opportunity to Systems of Opportunity ?193 Jeannie Oakes and Kevin Welner Index ?219 About the Contributors ?230

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