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Full-Text Articles in Education Policy
The Right To Learn: Preparing Early Childhood Teachers To Work In High-Need Schools, Julie Diamond, Fretta Reitzes, Betsy Grob
The Right To Learn: Preparing Early Childhood Teachers To Work In High-Need Schools, Julie Diamond, Fretta Reitzes, Betsy Grob
Occasional Paper Series
Three teacher educators trained in the 1960's reflect on how to ensure educational equity in high-needs schools of today. The article starts with a description of the education the writers want for all children, and outline the processes and practices needed to sustain it. This is followed by a discussion on how schools of education can equip teachers with the values, understandings, and strategies they will need to achieve these goals.
Commentary, Marjorie Siegel
Commentary, Susan Freeman
Commentary, Martha Foote
Toward Meaningful Assessment: Lessons From Five First-Grade Classrooms, Laura Kates
Toward Meaningful Assessment: Lessons From Five First-Grade Classrooms, Laura Kates
Occasional Paper Series
A case study of six first grade teachers' responses to a performance assessment mandated in New York City Public Schools from 1998 to 2003.
Coda, Gail M. Boldt
Flip The Script, Kevin K. Kumashiro, Erica Meiners
Flip The Script, Kevin K. Kumashiro, Erica Meiners
Occasional Paper Series
"Each one of us must understand education reform as inseparable from our concurrent struggles in other sectors, including labor and healthcare, and the movements to secure full human and civil rights for all." --Authors.
A Glass Half Full, Jeffrey M. R. Duncan-Andrade
A Glass Half Full, Jeffrey M. R. Duncan-Andrade
Occasional Paper Series
Presents a vision for remaking ourselves as a society by addressing the basic needs of all children and defining, assessing, and developing high quality teaching.
Creating The Schools We Need, Pedro Noguera
Creating The Schools We Need, Pedro Noguera
Occasional Paper Series
The struggle for education remains vital to the struggle for democracy, equality and justice. The only question is who will align themselves with those who must be integral to making this possibility a reality.
Silver Linings, Gil Schmerler
Silver Linings, Gil Schmerler
Occasional Paper Series
Looking for rays of sunshine amidst an educational landscape that has taken a particularly horrific beating in the last decade or two is a difficult – maybe quixotic – undertaking.
“If We Look To Buy The Cheapest Paper, Why Not The Cheapest Teachers?”, Fred Klonsky
“If We Look To Buy The Cheapest Paper, Why Not The Cheapest Teachers?”, Fred Klonsky
Occasional Paper Series
Describes the assessment driven state of the author's school district in Illinois.
Racing To The Top: Who’S Accounting For The Children?, Celia Genishi, Anne Haas Dyson
Racing To The Top: Who’S Accounting For The Children?, Celia Genishi, Anne Haas Dyson
Occasional Paper Series
The authors argue that teachers are accountable not to some narrow “top” but to the rhythms and rhymes of their developing students.
Educational Revolution, Peter Taubman
Educational Revolution, Peter Taubman
Occasional Paper Series
Invites the reader to reclaim the conversation and turn back the on-going privatization and corporatization of public schools.
The Teacher Accountability Debate, Diane Ravitch
The Teacher Accountability Debate, Diane Ravitch
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The teacher accountability narrative is part of a larger effort to restructure the teaching profession by turning it into a market-based activity.This paper seeks to deconstruct the assumptions embedded in the narrative.
Accountability And The Contemporary Intellectual, Greg Dimitriadis, Marc Lamont Hill
Accountability And The Contemporary Intellectual, Greg Dimitriadis, Marc Lamont Hill
Occasional Paper Series
Analyzes the language and values that have framed the accountability movement.
Introduction: Diving Into The Wreckage: Our Schools, Education Reform, And The Future Society, William Ayers
Introduction: Diving Into The Wreckage: Our Schools, Education Reform, And The Future Society, William Ayers
Occasional Paper Series
"In this special issue of the Bank Street Occasional Papers, we will dive into the wreckage, engage the fight, and hope to reclaim the ground of education in and for democracy." --Author.
Preface: Challenging The Politics Of The Teacher Accountability Movement, Gail M. Boldt
Preface: Challenging The Politics Of The Teacher Accountability Movement, Gail M. Boldt
Occasional Paper Series
Explains that this issue is intended as a resource for anyone concerned with re-framing and taking back the educational conversation, moving toward meaningful school reform that is based in a commitment to creating conditions under which teachers can develop the kinds of complex and sophisticated professional knowledges and practices that support authentic student learning.