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Coherent Schools, Powerful Learning: When Shared Beliefs Fuse School Culture, Structures, And Instruction, Douglas R. Knecht

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Describes the evolution of a theoretical model of school quality drawn from my experiences teaching at different schools, pursuing graduate studies, leading district policy and support networks, and partnering with school systems, as I presently do at Bank Street College of Education. The model positions schools as the key lever for improvement and equity in our public system and focuses on the coherence of school culture, structures, and instructional approach grounded in beliefs of human development and learning. Using two contrasting schools as cases to explore and develop this model, I offer one as an example of incoherence and the …

Disabled Seek Understanding, Acceptance, Debra Hatch

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Rose-Marie has a hard time concentrating on the things she does and is easily distracted by her surroundings. Taking math tests in a room with calculators sounds like a construction site to her, and every pencil scraping paper rings as purely in her ear as if it were right next to it.

Report Of The Women In Science And Engineering Initiatives Committee, Women In Science And Engineering Committee, University Of Maine

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Committee was charged with identifying resources at the University of Maine that encourage the participation of women in science and engineering, both as students and as faculty; identifying ways to increase the recruitment and retention of women in these areas and recommending ways that the University can support this effort.

Our work has convinced us that this initiative would benefit individual women as well as contributing to the good of the University and society as a whole. We have found that although some departments and programs are more successful than others in addressing …

Implementation Plan In Response To The Report Of Task Force On The Status Of Women At The University Of Maine, Office Of The President, University Of Maine

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

In December 1987, President Dale Lick commissioned a Task Force on the Status of Women at the University of Maine. The Task Force submitted its report on June 1, 1988. Its findings and conclusions expressed serious concerns related to each area of its charge: (1) the distribution, retention, compensation, advancement, and representation of women at the University and (2) the organizational processes and climate affecting women at the University. The one hundred and four (104) recommendations suggested specific actions to address the concerns defined in the Task Force's findings. This Draft Implementation Plan is an administrative response to each of …

The Status Of Women At The University Of Maine, Task Force On The Status Of Women, University Of Maine

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The major findings of the Task Force on the Status of Women are summarized in the following pages in two parts. In the first we respond to our charge to review data concerning the current status of women in relation to their numbers, distribution, retention, compensation, advancement, and representation at all levels. The evidence here consists primarily of information the University routinely collects and analyzes; the data are reasonably complete and accurate. They also indicate clearly the presence of barriers to the full participation of women in the life of the University.

In the second part we present evidence bearing …

Feelings Of Disabled Reflected In Play, Debbie Zeigler

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

"Don't call me deaf and dumb. I'm not dumb. I can do anything I want to; I just can't hear." "My mom said to never be ashamed of it. It's something I've got to live with." "If I want to have a party, I'll have a party. What's going to stop me? It won't be this wheelchair." "They want to work; they want to have families; they have rights, too." These are some of the feelings of the six disabled persons in a play called, "As Others See Us," a drama in which the characters share their thoughts and experiences …