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Leading Instructional Rounds in Education: A Facilitator’s Guide
Par Thomas Fowler-Finn. 2013
Instructional rounds is a powerful form of professional learning aimed at helping schools and systems develop the capacity to educate…
all children to high levels. In this practical book, Thomas Fowler-Finn, an experienced consultant who has worked closely with the Harvard team that pioneered instructional rounds, discusses how facilitators can skillfully guide a network of educators through the rounds process. He shows how to scaffold participant learning, model effective teaching practices, and gradually transfer agency to the network. Leading Instructional Rounds is an invaluable resource for advancing the work of all facilitators, whether novice or experienced.Inside the Black Box of Classroom Practice: Change Without Reform in American Education
Par Larry Cuban. 2013
2015 Outstanding Book Award, Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) A book that explores the problematic connection between education…
policy and practice while pointing in the direction of a more fruitful relationship, Inside the Black Box of Classroom Practice is a provocative culminating statement from one of America&’s most insightful education scholars and leaders.Inside the Black Box of Classroom Practice takes as its starting point a strikingly blunt question: &“With so many major structural changes in U.S. public schools over the past century, why have classroom practices been largely stable, with a modest blending of new and old teaching practices, leaving contemporary classroom lessons familiar to earlier generations of school-goers?&” It is a question that ought to be of paramount interest to all who are interested in school reform in the United States. It is also a question that comes naturally to Larry Cuban, whose much-admired books have focused on various aspects of school reform—their promises, wrong turns, partial successes, and troubling failures. In this book, he returns to this territory, but trains his focus on the still baffling fact that policy reforms—no matter how ambitious or determined—have generally had little effect on classroom conduct and practice. Cuban explores this problem from a variety of angles. Several chapters look at how teachers, in responding to major policy initiatives, persistently adopt changes and alter particular routine practices while leaving dominant ways of teaching largely undisturbed. Other chapters contrast recent changes in clinical medical practice with those in classroom teaching, comparing the practical effects of varying medical and education policies. The book&’s concluding chapter distills important insights from these various explorations, taking us inside the &“black box&” of the book&’s title: those workings that have repeatedly transformed dramatic policy initiatives into familiar—and largely unchanged—classroom practices.A Reason to Read: Linking Literacy and the Arts
Par Eileen Landay, Kurt Wootton. 2012
A Reason to Read is the culminating work of the ArtsLiteracy Project, an ambitious and wide-ranging collaborative that aims to…
promote literacy through rich and sustained instruction in the arts. At the heart of the book is the &“Performance Cycle,&” a flexible framework for curriculum and lesson planning that can be adapted to all content areas and age groups. Each of the book&’s main chapters delineates and explores a particular component of the cycle. A practical, readable, and inspiring book, A Reason to Read will be of immeasurable help to school teachers, education leaders, and all who have a stake in promoting literacy and the arts in today&’s schools.Beyond the Skills Gap: Preparing College Students for Life and Work
Par Matthew T. Hora. 2016
2018 Frederic W. Ness Book Award, AAC&U How can educators ensure that young people who attain a postsecondary credential are…
adequately prepared for the future? Matthew T. Hora and his colleagues explain that the answer is not simply that students need more specialized technical training to meet narrowly defined employment opportunities. Beyond the Skills Gap challenges this conception of the &“skills gap,&” highlighting instead the value of broader twenty-first-century skills in postsecondary education. They advocate for a system in which employers share responsibility along with the education sector to serve the collective needs of the economy, society, and students. Drawing on interviews with educators in two- and four-year institutions and employers in the manufacturing and biotechnology sectors, the authors demonstrate the critical importance of habits of mind such as problem solving, teamwork, and communication. They go on to show how faculty and program administrators can create active learning experiences that develop students&’ skills across a range of domains. The book includes in-depth descriptions of eight educators whose classrooms exemplify the effort to blend technical learning with the cultivation of twenty-first-century habits of mind. The study, set in Wisconsin, takes place against the backdrop of heated political debates over the role of public higher education. This thoughtful and nuanced account, enriched by keen observations of postsecondary instructional practice, promises to contribute new insights to the rich literature on workforce development and to provide valuable guidance for postsecondary faculty and administrators.English Language Learners and the New Standards: Developing Language, Content Knowledge, and Analytical Practices in the Classroom
Par Margaret Heritage, Aída Walqui, Robert Linquanti. 2015
In English Language Learners and the New Standards, three leading scholars present a clear vision and practical suggestions for helping teachers…
engage ELL students in simultaneously learning subject-area content, analytical practices, and language. This process requires three important shifts in our perspective on language and language learning—from an individual activity to a socially engaged activity; from a linear process aimed at correctness and fluency, to a developmental process, focused on comprehension and communication; and from a separate area of instruction to an approach that embeds language development in subject-area activities. In English Language Learners and the New Standards, the authors:Clarify the skills and knowledge teachers need to integrate content knowledge and language developmentShow how teachers can integrate formative assessment in ongoing teaching and learningDiscuss key leverage points and stress points in using interim and summative assessments with ELLsProvide classroom vignettes illustrating key practicesFinally, the authors explain the theories and research that underlie their vision and examine the role of policy in shaping pedagogy and assessment for ELL students.Rethinking Readiness: Deeper Learning for College, Work, and Life
Par Rafael Heller, Rebecca E. Wolfe, and Adria Steinberg. 2017
Rethinking Readiness offers a new set of competencies to replace the narrow learning goals of No Child Left Behind and,…
in chapters written by some of the nation&’s most well-respected education scholars, explores their implications for schools. Today&’s students must cultivate the full range of intellectual, interpersonal, and intrapersonal capacities that have been grouped together under the banner of &“deeper learning.&” Rethinking Readiness focuses on how educators and policy makers should move forward to provide the educational experiences that students need to become truly well prepared for college, careers, and civic life, including changes in curriculum, teacher evaluation, and student assessment. As state leaders chart a new course for K–12 education in the Every Student Succeeds Act era, Rethinking Readiness offers a succinct and compelling vision for a new agenda for school reform so future generations can prosper in a rapidly changing world.Bullying and Cyberbullying: What Every Educator Needs to Know
Par Elizabeth Kandel Englander. 2013
"Bullying is a term that&’s being, well, bullied. It&’s been rendered essentially powerless by being constantly kicked around,&” writes nationally recognized…
bullying expert Elizabeth Kandel Englander. In this practical and insightful book, Englander dispels pervasive myths and misconceptions about peer cruelty, bullying, and cyberbullying. Drawing on her own and others&’ research, she shows how educators can flag problematic behaviors and frame effective responses. Englander puts a special focus on &“gateway&” behaviors—those subtle actions that, unchecked, can quickly escalate into more serious misbehavior—and explores how students perceive their own and their peers&’ behavior. Written in an accessible, conversational tone and informed by careful research, this timely book is an essential guide for educators. Key takeaways include the impact of technology on social behavior, a framework for responding effectively to bullies—including innovative ideas about the role of social peers—and suggestions for working with parents.As any teacher or parent knows, adolescence is a time when youth grapple with the question, &“Who am I?&” Issues…
of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, and ability can complicate this question for young people, affecting their schoolwork and their relationships with teachers, family, and peers. This new edition of Adolescents at School builds and expands the strengths and insights of the much-acclaimed first edition. Drawing from the perspectives of teachers, researchers, and administrators—and adolescents themselves—it examines the complex, changing identities young people manage while they confront the challenges of schools. A uniquely practical, insightful, and jargon-free volume, Adolescents at School points to ways to foster the success of every student in our schools and classrooms.Becoming a School Principal: Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn
Par Sarah E. Fiarman. 2015
The principal&’s role is increasingly understood as a critical lever for school improvement. Yet the job can be a solitary…
one, offering few opportunities to reflect with colleagues. What does it take to manage the work of continuous improvement—to push staff members constantly to operate outside their comfort zones? What dilemmas and challenges must principals confront? How can school leaders learn from their mistakes and move forward? In Becoming a School Principal, Sarah E. Fiarman describes her first few years as a school principal committed to enacting a powerful vision of leading and learning. Drawing thoughtfully on the literature of school reform and change leadership, Fiarman discusses a wide range of topics, including empowering teachers, building trust, addressing racial and economic inequities, and supporting a culture of continuous learning, as well as thornier issues such as learning to use authority skillfully, dealing with resistance, and managing supervision and evaluation. The book addresses common challenges and highlights missteps as well as successes. A contributing author to several leading books on school reform and instructional improvement, Fiarman engages readers in a lively, frank, and revealing conversation about building the vision and capacity to provide effective instruction for all students and the intensely personal process of learning to lead.Financing American Higher Education in the Era of Globalization
Par Joni E. Finney, William Zumeta, Patrick M. Callan, David W. Breneman. 2012
This ambitious book grows out of the realization that a convergence of economic, demographic, and political forces in the early…
twenty-first century requires a fundamental reexamination of the financing of American higher education. The authors identify and address basic issues and trends that cut across the sectors of higher education, focusing on such questions as how much higher education the country needs for individual opportunity and for economic viability in the future; how responsibility for paying for it is currently allocated; and how financing higher education should be addressed in the future.From the Courtroom to the Classroom: The Shifting Landscape of School Desegregation
Par Claire Smrekar and Ellen Goldring. 2009
From the Courtroom to the Classroom examines recent developments pertaining to school desegregation in the United States. As the editors…
note, it comes at a time marked by a &“general downplaying of race and ethnicity as criteria for the allocation of public resources, as well as a weakening of the political forces that support busing to achieve racial integration.&” The book fills a growing need for a full-scale assessment of this recent history and its effect on schools, children, and communities.Dilemmas of Educational Ethics: Cases and Commentaries
Par Meira Levinson and Jacob Fay. 2016
Educators and policy makers confront challenging questions of ethics, justice, and equity on a regular basis. Should teachers retain a…
struggling student if it means she will most certainly drop out? Should an assignment plan favor middle-class families if it means strengthening the school system for all? These everyday dilemmas are both utterly ordinary and immensely challenging, yet there are few opportunities and resources to help educators think through the ethical issues at stake. Drawing on research and methods developed in the Justice in Schools project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Dilemmas of Educational Ethics introduces a new interdisciplinary approach to achieving practical wisdom in education, one that honors the complexities inherent in educational decision making and encourages open discussion of the values and principles we should collectively be trying to realize in educational policy and practice. At the heart of the book are six richly described, realistic accounts of ethical dilemmas that have arisen in education in recent years, paired with responses written by noted philosophers, empirical researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, including Pedro Noguera, Howard Gardner, Mary Pattillo, Andres A. Alonso, Jamie Ahlberg, Toby N. Romer, and Michael J. Petrilli. The editors illustrate how readers can use and adapt these cases and commentaries in schools and other settings in order to reach a difficult decision, deepen their own understanding, or to build teams around shared values.Educational Entrepreneurship Today (Educational Innovations Series)
Par Frederick M. Hess and Michael Q. Mcshane. 2016
In Educational Entrepreneurship Today, Frederick M. Hess and Michael Q. McShane assemble a diverse lineup of high-profile contributors to examine…
the contexts in which new initiatives in education are taking shape. They inquire into the impact of entrepreneurship on the larger field—including the development and deployment of new technologies—and analyze the incentives, barriers, opportunities, and tensions that support or constrain innovation. Over the past decade, entrepreneurship has moved from the periphery to the center of education reform. Policy measures, philanthropic support, and venture capital increasingly promote initiatives that drive innovation within and outside the traditional education sector. These initiatives have included spectacular successes, like Khan Academy, Teach For America, and Wireless Generation, as well as highly visible failures, like the InBloom data warehouse.Educational Entrepreneurship Today offers critical perspectives on the impact of entrepreneurship and also includes lessons from leading entrepreneurs, in which they use case studies drawn from their own experience to illustrate the realities of leading disruptive change in education and pose guiding questions for the next generation of innovators. In a time of increasing polarization around education policy, this timely, frank, and insightful volume shows how we can begin to create systems in which entrepreneurial ideas and fresh thinking are welcomed, constructively employed, and held accountable for the public good.The Future of University Credentials: New Developments at the Intersection of Higher Education and Hiring
Par Sean R. Gallagher. 2016
2017 Phillip E. Frandson Award for Literature in the Field of Professional, Continuing, and/or Online Education, University Professional and Continuing…
Education Association (UPCEA)The Future of University Credentials offers a thorough and urgently needed overview of the burgeoning world of university degrees and credentials. At a time of heightened attention to how universities and colleges are preparing young people for the working world, questions about the meaning and value of university credentials have become especially prominent. Sean Gallagher guides us through this fast-changing terrain, providing much-needed context, details, and insights. The book casts a wide net, focusing on traditional higher education degrees and on the myriad certificates and other postsecondary awards that universities and other institutions now issue. He describes the entire ecosystem of credentials, including universities and colleges, employers, government agencies, policy makers and influencers—and, not least, the students whose futures are profoundly affected by these certifications. And he looks intently at where university credentials might be headed, as educational institutions seek to best serve students and employers in a rapidly changing world. The result is an unprecedented, comprehensive look at the current credentialing landscape in higher education—as well as at the future challenges and opportunities for this vital field.Blueprint for Tomorrow: Redesigning Schools for Student-Centered Learning
Par Prakash Nair. 2014
The United States has about $2 trillion tied up in aging school facilities. School districts throughout the country spend about…
$12 billion every year keeping this infrastructure going. Yet almost all of the new money we pour into school facilities reinforces an existing—and obsolete—model of schooling. In Blueprint for Tomorrow, Prakash Nair—one of the world&’s leading school designers—explores the hidden messages that our school facilities and classrooms convey and advocates for the &“alignment&” of the design of places in which we teach and learn with twenty-first-century learning goals.Blueprint for Tomorrow provides simple, affordable, and versatile ideas for adapting or redesigning school spaces to support student-centered learning. In particular, the author focuses on ways to use current spending to modify existing spaces, and explains which kinds of adaptations offer the biggest return in terms of student learning. The book is organized by area—from classrooms to cafeterias—and is richly illustrated throughout, including &“before and after&” features, &“smart idea&” sidebars, and &“do now&” suggestions for practical first steps. It outlines key principles for designing spaces that support today&’s learning needs and includes tools to help educators evaluate the educational effectiveness of their own spaces.Blueprint for Tomorrow will open educators&’ eyes to the ways that architecture and learning are entwined and will challenge them to rethink the ways they teach and work together.Educational Entrepreneurship: Realities, Challenges, Possibilities
Par Frederick M. Hess. 2006
This lively and provocative book introduces this burgeoning field for readers concerned with K-12 education in the United States--and with…
efforts to reform and improve it. Entrepreneurship has emerged in recent years as an unprecedented and influential force in U.S. K-12 education. Yet the topic has received surprisingly little serious or systematic attention. Educational Entrepreneurship aims to fill this gap. This timely volume addresses a number of central questions: What is educational entrepreneurship and what does it look like? Who are the educational entrepreneurs and what motivates them? What tools do entrepreneurs need to be successful? What policies or practices enable or impede entrepreneurship? What would it mean to open up the education sector to more entrepreneurial activity? An interesting and admirable range of contributors offers clusters of articles on the nature of educational entrepreneurship; the political, policy, and legal contexts that face educational entrepreneurs; various models of entrepreneurial activity; the role of for-profit organizations in K-12 education; and possible future directions for educational entrepreneurs.Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning at Alverno College: A Case Study in Creating a Learner-Centered Culture
Par Maria E. Hyler, Anne Podolsky. 2019
The Alverno College case is one of seven that form the basis for the arguments and analyses presented in Preparing…
Teachers for Deeper Learning. Each case outlines the context, vision, and practices guiding a particular program&’s enactment, and includes sample curricula, assessment and feedback forms, and the program details that have contributed to its success. The cases are valuable reading for educators involved in developing teacher candidates who are self-directed, collaborative, social justice–focused, and prepared to meet the needs of today&’s students and a changing society.The Futures of School Reform
Par Jal Mehta. 2012
The Futures of School Reform represents the culminating work of a three-year discussion among national education leaders convened by the…
Harvard Graduate School of Education. Based on the recognition that current education reform efforts have reached their limits, the volume maps out a variety of bold visions that push the boundaries of our current thinking. Taken together, these visions identify the leverage points for generating dramatic change and highlight critical trade-offs among different courses of action. The goal of this book is not to present a menu of options. Rather, it is to surface contrasting assumptions, tensions, constraints, and opportunities, so that together we can better understand—and act on—the choices that lie before us.Ripe for Change: Garden-Based Learning in Schools (HEL Impact Series)
Par Jane S. Hirschi. 2015
Ripe for Change: Garden-Based Learning in Schools takes a big-picture view of the school garden movement and the state of garden-based…
learning in public K–8 education. The book frames the garden movement for educators and shows how school gardens have the potential to be a significant resource for teaching and learning. In this inviting and accessible book, the author:Summarizes the current school gardening movement and the emerging field of garden-based learningProvides an overview of the origins, benefits, and barriers to school gardeningExplores sustainable models for garden-based learningIncludes five case studies of successful partnerships between urban districts and nonprofit school gardening organizations around the countryIllustrates how gardens can be used for integrating academic lessons aligned with the Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science StandardsIncludes examples of important tools available for assessing the impact of school gardensRipe for Change reveals a wealth of resources to show how garden-based learning is being implemented in a systematic way in public education, and offers next steps to widen and deepen the practice to reach children in all schools.Meeting Wise: Making the Most of Collaborative Time for Educators
Par Kathryn Parker Boudett, Elizabeth A. City. 2014
This book, by two editors of Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning,…
attempts to bring about a fundamental shift in how educators think about the meetings we attend. They make the case that these gatherings are potentially the most important venue where adult and organizational learning can take place in schools, and that making more effective use of this time is the key to increasing student achievement. In Meeting Wise, the authors show why meeting planning is a high-leverage strategy for changing how people work together in the service of school improvement. To this end, they have created a meeting-planning &“checklist&” to develop a common language for discussing and improving the quality of meetings. In addition, they provide guidelines for readers on &“wise facilitating&” and &“wise participating,&” and also include &“top tips&” and common dilemmas. Simple, succinct, and practical, Meeting Wise is designed to be read and applied at every level of the educational enterprise: district leadership meetings with central office staff, charter-school management summits, principals&’ meetings with teachers, professional development sessions, teacher-team meetings, and even teachers&’ meetings with parents and students.