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February 2003
E-Newsletter, February 2003
AN OPEN INVITATION: Improving High School Learning Opportunities for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students: What Districts and Communities Can Do
Kris Gutiérrez of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California-Los Angeles, will deliver the keynote presentation at the start of this two-day research symposium cosponsored by the Annenberg Institute and the Education Alliance at Brown University. Respondents to Professor Gutiérrez will be Julia Lara of the Council of Chief State School Officers and Anthony J. Colón of the National Council of La Raza. Members of the Brown community and educators and community members in the greater Providence area are welcome to attend this opening presentation on Thursday, February 27.
February 27, 2003, 5:30-7:00 PM
The Inn at Brown, 101 Thayer Street, Providence
BUILDING LEARNING COMMUNITIES: A Developmental Process
The Annenberg Institute has published Stages of Team Development: Lessons from the Struggles of Site-Based Management, by Nancy Mohr and Alan Dichter, both former high school principals in New York City. Recognizing that the reality of shared decision making does not always live up to the promise, the authors share what they have learned in over 30 years in school reform about the purpose of shared decision making (it's for the students, not the adults), how to build a learning organization (it's a developmental process, with identifiable stages) and what is required at each stage along the way.
> Download the PDF file (110 KB - 16 pages)
> Order a print copy
THE CHALLENGE ARTS PROJECTS: Lessons Learned
The Annenberg Institute has published The Arts and School Reform, which draws overarching lessons from the work of the three Challenge Arts projects: the Center for Arts Education in New York City, the Minneapolis Arts for Academic Achievement program, and the national Transforming Education Through the Arts Challenge. The report offers insights from arts education for school reform practitioners (Build reform from within; Make excellence equitable) and lessons from standards-based reform for arts educators (Rethink accountability; Begin with permanence in mind). AISR Director of Opportunity and Accountability Dennie Palmer Wolf researched and prepared the report. Individual print copies are available free of charge.
> Download the PDF file (1.0 MB - 52 pages)
> Order the print version by e-mailing Tracie_Potochnik@brown.edu
DISTRICT-WIDE REFORM: The Role of 'Intermediary' Organizations
The twelfth (and final) issue of the CHALLENGE JOURNAL looks at how districts are turning to intermediary, or reform support, organizations to help them do what they often cannot do alone: bring effective and lasting reform to scale. The article highlights experiences of several Challenge districts and the roles that different types of intermediary organizations can play. Note: The Challenge Journal ceases publication with this issue, in conjunction with the conclusion of the Challenge-funded projects. This and all previous issues are available on the Challenge Web site
> Download the PDF file (197 KB - 8 pages)
NEW AT THE ANNENBERG CHALLENGE SITES
The Winter 2002/03 issue of INSIDE THE ANNENBERG CHALLENGE features the refunding of the Houston Annenberg Challenge (renamed the Houston A+ Challenge), a project by the Bay Area School Reform Collaborative to develop strategies for coordinating school and district-level reform, and a professional development cycle developed by the Boston Plan for Excellence that has been officially endorsed by Superintendent Thomas Payzant. The issue also highlights new ventures and accomplishments at nine other sites. Note: This is the final issue of Inside the Annenberg Challenge. Some Challenge programs have concluded with the end of the Annenberg funding; others have spawned successor organizations or are continuing with new funding. Contact information for the sites is available at the Annenberg Challenge's contact page.
> Download the PDF file (115 KB - 4 pages)
GUBERNATORIAL TRANSITION: AISR Staff Serve on RI Education Team
Annenberg Institute Executive Director Warren Simmons was named to Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri's Education Transition Team. He was serving on the Subcommittee on School Governance, which was asked to define systemic goals that "good governance" should support and to identify effective models of K-16 governance.
Director of Opportunity and Accountability Dennie Palmer Wolf participated in the Policy Subcommittee, which has alerted the new governor to the most pressing issues of public education in Rhode Island, particularly issues that will come up early in his administration: compliance with NCLB and diversifying the kinds of schools available to the state's residents.
> Go to information about Governor Carcieri's education vision
E-Newsletter, February 2003
AN OPEN INVITATION: Improving High School Learning Opportunities for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students: What Districts and Communities Can Do
Kris Gutiérrez of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California-Los Angeles, will deliver the keynote presentation at the start of this two-day research symposium cosponsored by the Annenberg Institute and the Education Alliance at Brown University. Respondents to Professor Gutiérrez will be Julia Lara of the Council of Chief State School Officers and Anthony J. Colón of the National Council of La Raza. Members of the Brown community and educators and community members in the greater Providence area are welcome to attend this opening presentation on Thursday, February 27.
February 27, 2003, 5:30-7:00 PM
The Inn at Brown, 101 Thayer Street, Providence
BUILDING LEARNING COMMUNITIES: A Developmental Process
The Annenberg Institute has published Stages of Team Development: Lessons from the Struggles of Site-Based Management, by Nancy Mohr and Alan Dichter, both former high school principals in New York City. Recognizing that the reality of shared decision making does not always live up to the promise, the authors share what they have learned in over 30 years in school reform about the purpose of shared decision making (it's for the students, not the adults), how to build a learning organization (it's a developmental process, with identifiable stages) and what is required at each stage along the way.
> Download the PDF file (110 KB - 16 pages)
> Order a print copy
THE CHALLENGE ARTS PROJECTS: Lessons Learned
The Annenberg Institute has published The Arts and School Reform, which draws overarching lessons from the work of the three Challenge Arts projects: the Center for Arts Education in New York City, the Minneapolis Arts for Academic Achievement program, and the national Transforming Education Through the Arts Challenge. The report offers insights from arts education for school reform practitioners (Build reform from within; Make excellence equitable) and lessons from standards-based reform for arts educators (Rethink accountability; Begin with permanence in mind). AISR Director of Opportunity and Accountability Dennie Palmer Wolf researched and prepared the report. Individual print copies are available free of charge.
> Download the PDF file (1.0 MB - 52 pages)
> Order the print version by e-mailing Tracie_Potochnik@brown.edu
DISTRICT-WIDE REFORM: The Role of 'Intermediary' Organizations
The twelfth (and final) issue of the CHALLENGE JOURNAL looks at how districts are turning to intermediary, or reform support, organizations to help them do what they often cannot do alone: bring effective and lasting reform to scale. The article highlights experiences of several Challenge districts and the roles that different types of intermediary organizations can play. Note: The Challenge Journal ceases publication with this issue, in conjunction with the conclusion of the Challenge-funded projects. This and all previous issues are available on the Challenge Web site
> Download the PDF file (197 KB - 8 pages)
NEW AT THE ANNENBERG CHALLENGE SITES
The Winter 2002/03 issue of INSIDE THE ANNENBERG CHALLENGE features the refunding of the Houston Annenberg Challenge (renamed the Houston A+ Challenge), a project by the Bay Area School Reform Collaborative to develop strategies for coordinating school and district-level reform, and a professional development cycle developed by the Boston Plan for Excellence that has been officially endorsed by Superintendent Thomas Payzant. The issue also highlights new ventures and accomplishments at nine other sites. Note: This is the final issue of Inside the Annenberg Challenge. Some Challenge programs have concluded with the end of the Annenberg funding; others have spawned successor organizations or are continuing with new funding. Contact information for the sites is available at the Annenberg Challenge's contact page.
> Download the PDF file (115 KB - 4 pages)
GUBERNATORIAL TRANSITION: AISR Staff Serve on RI Education Team
Annenberg Institute Executive Director Warren Simmons was named to Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri's Education Transition Team. He was serving on the Subcommittee on School Governance, which was asked to define systemic goals that "good governance" should support and to identify effective models of K-16 governance.
Director of Opportunity and Accountability Dennie Palmer Wolf participated in the Policy Subcommittee, which has alerted the new governor to the most pressing issues of public education in Rhode Island, particularly issues that will come up early in his administration: compliance with NCLB and diversifying the kinds of schools available to the state's residents.
> Go to information about Governor Carcieri's education vision
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