Class And Schools

Author : Richard Rothstein
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 0807745561

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Class and Schools by Richard Rothstein Pdf

Contemporary public policy assumes that the achievement gap between black and white students could be closed if only schools would do a better job. According to Richard Rothstein, "Closing the gaps between lower-class and middle-class children requires social and economic reform as well as school improvement. Unfortunately, the trend is to shift most of the burden to schools, as if they alone can eradicate poverty and inequality." In this book, Rothstein points the way toward social and economic reforms that would give all children a more equal chance to succeed in school. This book features: a summary of numerous studies linking school achievement to health care quality, nutrition, childrearing styles, housing stability, parental economic security, and more ; aA look at erroneous and misleading data that underlie commonplace claims that some schools "beat the demographic odds and therefore any school can close the achievement gap if only it adopted proper practices." ; and an analysis of how the over-emphasis of standardized tests in federal law obscures the true achievement gap and makes narrowing it more difficult.

Author : Susan Hughes
Publisher : Owlkids
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 177147579X

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Off to Class (updated Edition) by Susan Hughes Pdf

Author : Linn Posey-Maddox
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226120355

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When Middle-Class Parents Choose Urban Schools by Linn Posey-Maddox Pdf

In recent decades a growing number of middle-class parents have considered sending their children to—and often end up becoming active in—urban public schools. Their presence can bring long-needed material resources to such schools, but, as Linn Posey-Maddox shows in this study, it can also introduce new class and race tensions, and even exacerbate inequalities. Sensitively navigating the pros and cons of middle-class transformation, When Middle-Class Parents Choose Urban Schools asks whether it is possible for our urban public schools to have both financial security and equitable diversity. Drawing on in-depth research at an urban elementary school, Posey-Maddox examines parents’ efforts to support the school through their outreach, marketing, and volunteerism. She shows that when middle-class parents engage in urban school communities, they can bring a host of positive benefits, including new educational opportunities and greater diversity. But their involvement can also unintentionally marginalize less-affluent parents and diminish low-income students’ access to the improving schools. In response, Posey-Maddox argues that school reform efforts, which usually equate improvement with rising test scores and increased enrollment, need to have more equity-focused policies in place to ensure that low-income families also benefit from—and participate in—school change.

Author : Schleicher Andreas
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264300002

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Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education World Class How to Build a 21st-Century School System by Schleicher Andreas Pdf

Andreas Schleicher - initiator of PISA and an international authority on education policy - offers a unique perspective on education reform.

Author : Richard Rothstein
Publisher : Economic Policy Inst
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1932066098

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Class and Schools by Richard Rothstein Pdf

Contemporary public policy assumes that the achievement gap between black and white students could be closed if only schools would do a better job. In this book, the author points the way toward social and economic reforms that would give all children a more equal chance to succeed in school.

Author : Bert Creemers,David Reynolds,Sam Stringfield,Charles Teddlie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134525607

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World Class Schools by Bert Creemers,David Reynolds,Sam Stringfield,Charles Teddlie Pdf

In this book the authors have conducted extensive research and describe what makes a successful school and how this varies in different countries. The book follows the progress of a cohort of 7-year-old children through their schools over a two-year period. It covers schools in the US, Canada, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, the UK, Norway, the Netherlands, and Ireland and: *draw together what it is that the most and least effective schools do in each country *pinpoints what makes 'effective teaching' across the globe *analyses which effectiveness-producing school and teaching factors appear to be the same and which are context specific *discusses how educational policies can be used to generate World Class Schools and which new blends of practice can, or should be used The existing literature based upon the comparison of the educational achievements of different countries is inadequate. This unique study provides a rich picture of the processes of the education systems of different countries which will appeal to practitioners and policy makers.

Author : Richard D. Kahlenberg
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004-05-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 0815798601

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All Together Now by Richard D. Kahlenberg Pdf

This provocative book asks a simple question: since we know that middle class schools tend to work best, why not give every child in America the opportunity to attend a public school in which the majority of students come from middle class households? Economically integrated schools, the author argues, will do far more to promote achievement and equal opportunity than vouchers, standards, class size reduction, or any of the other leading education proposals on the left and right that seek to make "separate but equal" schools work. Building on two recent education trends—the decline in racial desegregation as a legal tool and the movement toward greater public school choice—All Together Now provides a blueprint for creating schools that educate children from various backgrounds under one roof. Concurring with the concerns of voucher proponents about the unfairness of trapping poor kids in failing schools, the book provides a practical, viable, and legally sound plan for promoting economic and racial integration among public schools.

Author : Alexandria Walton Radford
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780226041001

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Top Student, Top School? by Alexandria Walton Radford Pdf

Most of us think that valedictorians can write their own ticket. By reaching the top of their class they have proven their merit, so their next logical step should be to attend the nation’s very best universities. Yet in Top Student, Top School?, Alexandria Walton Radford, of American Institutes for Research, reveals that many valedictorians do not enroll in prestigious institutions. Employing an original five-state study that surveyed nine hundred public high school valedictorians, she sets out to determine when and why valedictorians end up at less selective schools, showing that social class makes all the difference. Radford traces valedictorians’ paths to college and presents damning evidence that high schools do not provide sufficient guidance on crucial factors affecting college selection, such as reputation, financial aid, and even the application process itself. Left in a bewildering environment of seemingly similar options, many students depend on their parents for assistance—and this allows social class to rear its head and have a profound impact on where students attend. Simply put, parents from less affluent backgrounds are far less informed about differences in colleges’ quality, the college application process, and financial aid options, which significantly limits their child’s chances of attending a competitive school, even when their child has already managed to become valedictorian. Top Student, Top School? pinpoints an overlooked yet critical juncture in the education process, one that stands as a barrier to class mobility. By focusing solely on valedictorians, it shows that students’ paths diverge by social class even when they are similarly well-prepared academically, and this divergence is traceable to specific failures by society, failures that we can and should address. Watch an interview of Alexandria Walton Radford discussing her book here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F81c1D1BpY0

Author : David James,Ian Warwick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317307716

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World Class by David James,Ian Warwick Pdf

Every school is different, but all schools face very similar challenges. Drawing on their combined teaching experience of over fifty years in both independent and state schools, educationalists David James and Ian Warwick have chosen ten questions that tackle the most difficult challenges that face schools today, and invited leading education experts to address them in stimulating and accessible essays, which are each under a thousand words. With contributions from John Hattie, David Blunkett, Doug Lemov, Anthony Seldon, Sandy Speicher, Tim Hawkes and many more, this insightful and engaging book features exclusive essays with some of the world’s most well-known and well-respected thinkers and speakers in education, business and politics, accompanied by thought-provoking introductions. The contributors provide new perspectives on some of the issues that occupy educationalists today; they challenge conventional wisdom and, above all, put forward practical, workable, evidence-based solutions that can transform teaching and learning. World Class is a powerful manifesto for change that nobody interested in education today can ignore.

Author : Patricia M. McDonough
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997-11-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 0791434788

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Choosing Colleges by Patricia M. McDonough Pdf

Examines the everyday experiences of high school seniors as they choose their colleges and demonstrates that college choice is a more complex social and organizational reality than has been previously understood.

Author : Steven Brill
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781451612011

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Class Warfare by Steven Brill Pdf

This work looks at why many of America's schools are failing and relates how parents, activists, and education reformers are joining together to fix a system that works for adults but consistently fails the children it is meant to educate. In it the author takes a look at the adults who are fighting over America's failure to educate its children, and points the way to reversing that failure.

Author : Eileen Gale Kugler
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : 0810845121

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Debunking the Middle-class Myth by Eileen Gale Kugler Pdf

This book offers a unique perspective on what every educator, parent, and community leader should know about reaping the rich harvest of our diverse schools. Included are anecdotes from Kugler's personal experience as well as information from 80 interviews with key educators, parents, and students.

Author : Maude Barlow,Heather-Jane Robertson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Education
ISBN : 1550135597

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Class Warfare by Maude Barlow,Heather-Jane Robertson Pdf

True or false? Today's kids are growing up illiterate and totally unprepared for life in a high-tech future. The liberal left-wing curriculum has turned Canada's schools into the nursery of the welfare state. Class Warfare: The Assault on Canada's Schools tackles these questions and takes a highly controversial look at the present condition of Canada's embattled public education system.

Author : James H. Stronge,Xianxuan Xu
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416623960

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What Makes a World-Class School and How We Can Get There by James H. Stronge,Xianxuan Xu Pdf

For years, students in the United States have lagged behind students in many other countries on such measures of achievement as the PISA and TIMSS assessments. In an increasingly globalized world, such a gap is worrisome. Armed with statistics, examples, and cautionary tales from Scandinavia to Japan, James H. Stronge and Xianxuan Xu have written a book that can help educators better prepare students and close that gap. In What Makes a World-Class School and How We Can Get There, you will find Careful analysis of recent international assessment results—what they mean and what can be done to improve them. In-depth profiles of high-achieving education systems around the globe—their histories, their lessons learned, and what they can teach educators and policymakers in the United States. Strategies for aligning successful educational approaches from international systems to U.S. schools—which strategies to use, in which subjects, and with which students. Transformative ideas for cultivating a truly world-class system of schooling—both simple and complex ways to raise the bar for all students, no matter what their background. Educators in every country must ensure that their students are as prepared as possible to lead a future generation of citizens. This thought-provoking and copiously researched book provides educators with a blueprint for radical improvement based on the hard-learned experiences of their peers around the world.

Author : Peter Blatchford,Anthony Russell
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781787358799

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Rethinking Class Size: The complex story of impact on teaching and learning by Peter Blatchford,Anthony Russell Pdf

The debate over whether class size matters for teaching and learning is one of the most enduring, and aggressive, in education research. Teachers often insist that small classes benefit their work. But many experts argue that evidence from research shows class size has little impact on pupil outcomes, so does not matter, and this dominant view has informed policymaking internationally. Here, the lead researchers on the world’s biggest study into class size effects present a counter-argument. Through detailed analysis of the complex relations involved in the classroom they reveal the mechanisms that support teachers’ experience, and conclude that class size matters very much indeed. Drawing on 20 years of systematic classroom observations, surveys of practitioners, detailed case studies and extensive reviews of research, Peter Blatchford and Anthony Russell contend that common ways of researching the impact of class size are limited and sometimes misguided. While class size may have no direct effect on pupil outcomes, it has, they say, significant force through interconnections with classroom processes. In describing these connections, the book opens up the everyday world of the classroom and shows that the influence of class size is everywhere. It impacts on teaching, grouping practices and classroom management, the quality of peer relations, tasks given to pupils, and on the time teachers have for marking, assessments and understanding the strengths and challenges for individual pupils. From their analysis, the authors develop a new social pedagogical model of how class size influences work, and identify policy conclusions and implications for teachers and schools.