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June 2002
E-Newsletter, June 2002
RESULTS OF THE ANNENBERG CHALLENGE — "Lessons and Reflections" from the Largest Gift to Public Education
The final report on the Annenberg Foundation's historic effort to improve public education in America was released at a press conference in Washington, DC on June 12. The report describes results in the areas of the Challenge's three goals: to improve education in troubled inner-city schools, to bring long-overdue assistance to isolated rural schools, and to demonstrate that the arts should be a basic part of every child's education. The report also highlights the Challenge's signature feature — the use of intermediary organizations to facilitate large-scale urban reform. For the past seven years, staff at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform have provided consultation, technical support, publications, and facilitation for cross-site meetings and visits among the eighteen Challenge sites.
> Forward, report summary and PDF
> Order print copy
> Annenberg Challenge Web site.
LEADING FOR LEARNING: How Is It Different?
Annenberg Institute Principal Associate Deborah King offers insights into the practices of today's "instructional leaders" in the May 2002 issue of Educational Leadership. "The Changing Shape of Leadership" describes what the Institute has learned about collaborative leadership — by principals, superintendents, and other educators — and what leaders are doing differently to improve student learning.
> Abstract
THE CONTINUING IMPACT OF THE CHALLENGE: What's New?
The Annenberg Institute recently published the Spring 2002 edition of Inside the Annenberg Challenge highlighting recent developments in the 18 sites that were awarded funds under Amb. Walter H. Annenberg's $500-million "Challenge to the Nation" to improve public schooling, especially for underserved urban and rural students. While most of the sites have completed their Challenge work, the impact of that work continues to be felt. Among the latest news from Challenge sites are renewed funding for the Boston Plan for Excellence and a positive report on educational progress in Detroit.
> Inside the Annenberg Challenge [PDF: 4 pages, 108 KB]
DO SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES ENHANCE EQUITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY?
The Annenberg Institute, in collaboration with the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, the US Department of Education's Office of Research, Consortium for Policy Research in Education, the National Clearinghouse on Comprehensive School Reform, and the Council of Chief State School Officers, hosted its most recent annual forum on Comprehensive School Reform in March 2002. Teachers and administrators from around the country met in Houston with researchers and staff from state departments of education, regional laboratories, and the U.S. Department of Education to examine the value of smaller learning communities as a vehicle for high school reform. Discussions focused on the implications for equity and accountability, with particular attention paid to the Texas accountability system and the accountability provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind act.
> Download the PDF file of the conference proceedings
E-Newsletter, June 2002
RESULTS OF THE ANNENBERG CHALLENGE — "Lessons and Reflections" from the Largest Gift to Public Education
The final report on the Annenberg Foundation's historic effort to improve public education in America was released at a press conference in Washington, DC on June 12. The report describes results in the areas of the Challenge's three goals: to improve education in troubled inner-city schools, to bring long-overdue assistance to isolated rural schools, and to demonstrate that the arts should be a basic part of every child's education. The report also highlights the Challenge's signature feature — the use of intermediary organizations to facilitate large-scale urban reform. For the past seven years, staff at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform have provided consultation, technical support, publications, and facilitation for cross-site meetings and visits among the eighteen Challenge sites.
> Forward, report summary and PDF
> Order print copy
> Annenberg Challenge Web site.
LEADING FOR LEARNING: How Is It Different?
Annenberg Institute Principal Associate Deborah King offers insights into the practices of today's "instructional leaders" in the May 2002 issue of Educational Leadership. "The Changing Shape of Leadership" describes what the Institute has learned about collaborative leadership — by principals, superintendents, and other educators — and what leaders are doing differently to improve student learning.
> Abstract
THE CONTINUING IMPACT OF THE CHALLENGE: What's New?
The Annenberg Institute recently published the Spring 2002 edition of Inside the Annenberg Challenge highlighting recent developments in the 18 sites that were awarded funds under Amb. Walter H. Annenberg's $500-million "Challenge to the Nation" to improve public schooling, especially for underserved urban and rural students. While most of the sites have completed their Challenge work, the impact of that work continues to be felt. Among the latest news from Challenge sites are renewed funding for the Boston Plan for Excellence and a positive report on educational progress in Detroit.
> Inside the Annenberg Challenge [PDF: 4 pages, 108 KB]
DO SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES ENHANCE EQUITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY?
The Annenberg Institute, in collaboration with the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, the US Department of Education's Office of Research, Consortium for Policy Research in Education, the National Clearinghouse on Comprehensive School Reform, and the Council of Chief State School Officers, hosted its most recent annual forum on Comprehensive School Reform in March 2002. Teachers and administrators from around the country met in Houston with researchers and staff from state departments of education, regional laboratories, and the U.S. Department of Education to examine the value of smaller learning communities as a vehicle for high school reform. Discussions focused on the implications for equity and accountability, with particular attention paid to the Texas accountability system and the accountability provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind act.
> Download the PDF file of the conference proceedings
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