techbookonline.com TRX Cymbal Co® Bells Ring, School Reform is in Session Mother Bethel AME Church host POWER’s Philly Education Town Hall Meeting Rev Kevin Johnson, Pastor of Bright Hope Baptist — Helen Gym, Asian Americans United, guest speakers at POWER’s Philly Education Town Hall Meeting and Action Summit 4.30.12—Philadelphia Pa: (Public Education/Politics/Non-Profit/Activism): In the spirit [...] Read more »
Education Reform-mongering: A Practitioner’s Perspective
Michael Flanagan, the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the state of Michigan and a graduate of Notre Dame, presented an address about the implications of education reform policies as a part of the 2011-12 Notre Dame Forum. forum2011.nd.edu The 2011-12 Notre Dame Forum, “Reimagining School: To Nurture the Soul of a Nation,” is a yearlong [...] Read more »
Katrina’s Silver Lining: The School Choice Revolution in New Orleans
Before hurricane Katrina ravaged the city in 2005, New Orleans had one of the worst performing public school districts in the nation. Katrina forced nearly a million people to leave their homes and caused almost 0 billion in damages. To an already failing public school system, the storm seemed to provide the final deathblow. But [...] Read more »
City Teachers: Teaching and School Reform in Historical Perspective Reviews
City Teachers: Teaching and School Reform in Historical Perspective A study of teachers’ work in urban schools in a period of intense school reform, as teachers and schools coped with an ever-larger and diverse student body. This text raises questions about the actual effect of school reform on teaching, curriculum, employment policy and school administration. [...] Read more »
More Than One Struggle: The Evolution of Black School Reform in Milwaukee
More Than One Struggle: The Evolution of Black School Reform in Milwaukee Traditional narratives of black educational history suggest that African Americans offered a unified voice concerning Brown v. Board of Education. Jack Dougherty counters this interpretation, demonstrating that black activists engaged in multiple, overlapping, and often conflicting strategies to advance the race by gaining [...] Read more »
Power and Politics July 3, 2011 Discussion of Proposed New Jersey Charter Schools Reforms
Save Our Schools NJ spokesperson interviewed about the charter school reforms for which the grassroots group is advocating. The reforms would increase charter school transparency, accountability, and demographic representation, and require new charter schools to receive community approval before opening, bringing New Jersey’s charter law in line with the rest of the nation. Video Rating: [...] Read more »
Organizational Behavior in Education: Leadership and School Reform (10th Edition)
Organizational Behavior in Education: Leadership and School Reform (10th Edition) An authoritative and timely examination of organizational behavior and how leaders can create effective school cultures. Well-established as a standard textbook in the preparation of effective and thoughtful school administrators, Organizational Behavior in Education continues its tradition of offering students of educational administration the [...] Read more »
School Reform From The Inside Out: Policy, Practice, And Performance Reviews
School Reform From The Inside Out: Policy, Practice, And Performance Giving test results to an incoherent, badly run school doesn’t automatically make it a better school. The work of turning a school around entails improving the knowledge and skills of teachers-changing their knowledge of content and how to teach it-and helping them to understand where [...] Read more »
Voices of Reform Rural Transformation at West Carter Middle School
West Carter Middle School serves fewer than 500 students in the small town of Olive Hill in the rural Appalachian region of Kentucky. Between 2000-2004, the school faced persistent low achievement in math and reading proficiency. A transformation was needed and in 2005 a new principal was hired bringing about an increase in collaboration among [...] Read more »
Bill Gates on Education Reform
Bill Gates spoke with Katie Couric on Obama’s push for reform in the US education system. Video Rating: 4 / 5 Read more »