Searetha Smith-Collins

An Agenda for Equity (eBook, ePUB)

Responding to the Needs of Diverse Learners

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The vast numbers of new educational policies, programs, and practices being implemented as educational reform in American public schools have not been analyzed for short or long-term effectiveness or impact on students and their learning. Not only are conditions for many learners still a concern, new information about conditions for students who are not under-performing informs us that they are falling short of the desired mark. This calls for expert educators, researchers, school leaders, teachers, families, students, and interested others to determine the degree to which policies and practices have a positive impact on student outcomes, and the aims of public education. Using Response to Intervention as an innovative model, An Agenda for Equity contributes to filling the void by analyzing the essence of educational reforms for increasing enduring, equitable effectiveness, and improving conditions and teaching and learning for both teachers and students.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781610487252
• Artikelnr.: 39488688

Autorenporträt

By Searetha Smith-Collins

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 6Introduction 12Chapter 1:Identifying the NeedThe Optimal Mix:
Responding to the Needs of Students 25 From Parts to Whole 30 Revisiting
Past Practice 33 Chapter 2 Understanding the NeedDelving Deeper into
Response to Intervention 42Adoption Trends 44 The Promise of RtIChapter 3:A
Glance into the "Regular" Classroom 52 Sharpening the Focus 53 Teacher
Assessment 56 Leadership Matters 59Chapter 4: Meeting the Need Promising
Practices Snapshot: High School 63
Snapshot: National/State Pre-K Network 70
Snapshot: School District 71 Snapshot: An Affective Model 77 Snapshot: RtI
and Gifted Education 79Chapter 5: The Black Male Agenda An Out-of-School
Snapshot: The Bridge 84 Expanding the Agenda: Building a New System 87 of
Opportunity for Youth Implications for Today 93Chapter 6: Assessing the
Outcomes 97 National Outcomes (Academic) 98 National Outcomes (Behavioral)
99 Measuring Success 100Chapter 7: The Learning Target Teach, Test, and
Hope for the Best 102
Moving from Random Acts of Curriculum and Instruction 105
Common Language, Common Mission 107
Optimizing Curriculum for All 109
Fitting the Pieces Together 112
The Design Process 114
Curriculum Architects 116
Deeper Levels of Knowledge and Thinking 119
Chapter 8: Avoiding Struggles and Pitfalls 122
Refining the Plan 123
Evaluating the Impact and Results 124
Planning to Make Change Happen: The Payoff 126
Unexpected Outcomes 127
Chapter 9: Queries and Opportunities 133
Recommendations 134
Chapter 10: Transitioning to Schools of the Future 144
Teaching This Generation of Students 148
The Moral Imperative 150
Chapter 11: Understanding the LandscapeLessons Learned: Bringing Order to
the Potential of Chaos 153 Parallel Modeling 155
Chapter 12: Meet the Kids 161
The Beginning of Shortcomings 164
A Recipe for Potential 166
Final Thoughts 172
References 174
Appendix: Resources A Curriculum/RtI Framework Design Tool 179