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July 2003
E-Newsletter, July 2003
A "ROUNDTABLE-IN-PRINT": VOICES IN URBAN EDUCATION
The Annenberg Institute has just released the first issue of a new publication series that offers provocative debate by diverse stakeholders in K-12 urban education, including unconventional and seldom-heard voices. The inaugural issue of "Voices in Urban Education" (or VUE) tackles the most talked-about topic in education today — accountability. Dennie Palmer Wolf (Annenberg Institute), Michelle Fine (CUNY) and Audrey M. Hutchinson (National League of Cities) are among the contributors. Readers are invited to participate in our online "roundtable" discussion at the Institute's Web site.
> Read excerpts
> Order a print copy $8
COACHING: A WAY TO IMPROVE TEACHING AND LEARNING
Coaching is an increasingly popular strategy for districts seeking large-scale improvement in instruction. To help guide district leaders in the practice, the Annenberg Institute and the Aspen Institute Program on Education are copublishing a paper entitled "Coaching: A Strategy for Developing Instructional Capacity." Written by Barbara Neufeld and Dana Roper of Education Matters, Inc., the paper describes what coaching is, what coaches do, the kinds of supports that coaches need, and the potential benefits to both educators and students. The 48-page paper is available in print and as a pdf document.
> Download the pdf [46 pages, 575 KB]
> Order a print copy $6
DISTRICTS AND EXTERNAL SUPPORT: QUALITY COUNTS
Many school districts are turning to external reform partners to meet mounting pressures to improve student results. But these partnerships will only be effective if districts establish the conditions that make them work for schools and communities, according to a new study commissioned by the Annenberg Institute's task force on redesigning urban districts, School Communities that Work. The 68-page report, researched and written by Kronley and Associates of Atlanta, provides the first-ever look at the factors affecting the quality of relationships between districts and "reform support organizations. "Reforming Relationships: School Districts, External Organizations, and Systemic Change" closely examines four district/RSO relationships and identifies the attributes and practices that make them successful.
> Download the pdf [377 KB, 74 pages]
> Order a print copy $10
STANDARDS-BASED REFORM: A FADING PROMISE
Although standards-based reform held the potential to improve educational opportunities and achievement, its promise is being eroded by the overemphasis on tests and the lack of attention to the supports schools need for large-scale improvement, according to Warren Simmons, executive director of the Annenberg Institute. Without greater attention to redesigning school districts or creating new local education support networks, Simmons writes, the current version of standards-based reform will produce only "lofty goals that tragically remain beyond the reach of children and youth who deserve better." Simmons's article, "The Fading Promise of Standards-Based Reform," appears in Shaping the Future of American Youth: Youth Policy in the 21st Century, a collection of essays published by the American Youth Policy Forum to commemorate its tenth anniversary. Other authors in the collection include Robert B. Schwartz of Harvard University, Hilary Pennington of Jobs for the Future, and Wendy Puriefoy of the Public Education Network.
> Download the pdf [96 pages, 374 KB]Note: Warren Simmons' article appears on page 11-15.
> Request a free copy of the printed book
E-Newsletter, July 2003
A "ROUNDTABLE-IN-PRINT": VOICES IN URBAN EDUCATION
The Annenberg Institute has just released the first issue of a new publication series that offers provocative debate by diverse stakeholders in K-12 urban education, including unconventional and seldom-heard voices. The inaugural issue of "Voices in Urban Education" (or VUE) tackles the most talked-about topic in education today — accountability. Dennie Palmer Wolf (Annenberg Institute), Michelle Fine (CUNY) and Audrey M. Hutchinson (National League of Cities) are among the contributors. Readers are invited to participate in our online "roundtable" discussion at the Institute's Web site.
> Read excerpts
> Order a print copy $8
COACHING: A WAY TO IMPROVE TEACHING AND LEARNING
Coaching is an increasingly popular strategy for districts seeking large-scale improvement in instruction. To help guide district leaders in the practice, the Annenberg Institute and the Aspen Institute Program on Education are copublishing a paper entitled "Coaching: A Strategy for Developing Instructional Capacity." Written by Barbara Neufeld and Dana Roper of Education Matters, Inc., the paper describes what coaching is, what coaches do, the kinds of supports that coaches need, and the potential benefits to both educators and students. The 48-page paper is available in print and as a pdf document.
> Download the pdf [46 pages, 575 KB]
> Order a print copy $6
DISTRICTS AND EXTERNAL SUPPORT: QUALITY COUNTS
Many school districts are turning to external reform partners to meet mounting pressures to improve student results. But these partnerships will only be effective if districts establish the conditions that make them work for schools and communities, according to a new study commissioned by the Annenberg Institute's task force on redesigning urban districts, School Communities that Work. The 68-page report, researched and written by Kronley and Associates of Atlanta, provides the first-ever look at the factors affecting the quality of relationships between districts and "reform support organizations. "Reforming Relationships: School Districts, External Organizations, and Systemic Change" closely examines four district/RSO relationships and identifies the attributes and practices that make them successful.
> Download the pdf [377 KB, 74 pages]
> Order a print copy $10
STANDARDS-BASED REFORM: A FADING PROMISE
Although standards-based reform held the potential to improve educational opportunities and achievement, its promise is being eroded by the overemphasis on tests and the lack of attention to the supports schools need for large-scale improvement, according to Warren Simmons, executive director of the Annenberg Institute. Without greater attention to redesigning school districts or creating new local education support networks, Simmons writes, the current version of standards-based reform will produce only "lofty goals that tragically remain beyond the reach of children and youth who deserve better." Simmons's article, "The Fading Promise of Standards-Based Reform," appears in Shaping the Future of American Youth: Youth Policy in the 21st Century, a collection of essays published by the American Youth Policy Forum to commemorate its tenth anniversary. Other authors in the collection include Robert B. Schwartz of Harvard University, Hilary Pennington of Jobs for the Future, and Wendy Puriefoy of the Public Education Network.
> Download the pdf [96 pages, 374 KB]Note: Warren Simmons' article appears on page 11-15.
> Request a free copy of the printed book
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