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September 2006
E-Newsletter, September 2006
THOSE LEFT BEHIND: Educating Vulnerable Pupils
Despite the imperative to educate all students to high standards, large numbers of them continue to lag behind. These are often students that the education system has, historically, served poorly — low-income students, students of color, and students with learning needs. In the new issue of the Annenberg Institute's quarterly journal, Voices in Urban Education, five authors share their expertise on what it will take to fulfill the promise of education reform for the nation's most vulnerable pupils.
> Online article, excerpts, audio clips, resources, and ordering information
MOBILIZING CIVIC STAKEHOLDERS
Mayors are in a unique position to rally civic and community stakeholders around a compelling common interest — the future of their city's children. A new report from the Annenberg Institute — Engaging Cities: How Municipal Leaders Can Mobilize Communities to Improve Public Schools — profiles five cities where mayors and other community leaders have built civic capacity to leverage educational improvements. The report highlights and synthesizes the strategies used in each city and includes an annotated list of resources on public engagement for municipal leaders.
> More information and PDF downloads
TENNESSEE SUPERINTENDENT JOINS ANNENBERG
Jesse Register, who recently stepped down after nearly ten years as superintendent of the Hamilton County/Chattanooga (Tennessee) Public Schools, has joined the Annenberg Institute as a Senior Advisor for District Leadership. The position, which is made possible by a grant from the Annenberg Foundation, will enable Register to reflect and write on issues of school system leadership and on the value for districts of working with reform support organizations.
> Press release
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM MOVES TO ANNENBERG
On September 1, the Community Involvement Program, founded in 1996 at the Institute for Education and Social Policy at NYU, became part of the Annenberg Institute. The program's widely recognized work in civic and community organizing for education improvement will join with and augment the Institute's ongoing work in community-centered education reform. The 14-member staff, including founding director Norm Fruchter, will remain in New York and consolidate with the small Institute staff already based there.
> Updated contact and program information
BACKING MAYORAL LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION REFORM
Annenberg Institute staff members Warren Simmons, Ellen Foley, Marla Ucelli, and Kenneth K. Wong contributed to a special section on Mayoral Leadership in Education in the Summer 2006 issue of the Harvard Educational Review. Simmons, Foley, and Ucelli urge mayors to move beyond involvement in superficial reorganization of their cities' school systems to actively supporting districtwide reform of the instructional core in schools and classrooms. Wong argues that mayors have unique skill sets — such as the ability to mobilize public support or to manage intergovernmental relations — that can be used effectively in the service of school systems.
> Order a print copy
RESOURCES FOR URBAN LEADERS
The latest issue of Public Engagement Watch highlights district strategies that can have an impact on student achievement. Also featured: an Aspen Institute report that advocates a renewed focus on student-teacher interactions around content; the 2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book, offering national trends in child well-being; and funding opportunities that recognize youth community service and improved communication between school systems and communities. PE Watch is jointly produced by the Annenberg Institute and the Institute for Youth, Education, and Families of the National League of Cities.
> August issue
E-Newsletter, September 2006
THOSE LEFT BEHIND: Educating Vulnerable PupilsDespite the imperative to educate all students to high standards, large numbers of them continue to lag behind. These are often students that the education system has, historically, served poorly — low-income students, students of color, and students with learning needs. In the new issue of the Annenberg Institute's quarterly journal, Voices in Urban Education, five authors share their expertise on what it will take to fulfill the promise of education reform for the nation's most vulnerable pupils.
> Online article, excerpts, audio clips, resources, and ordering information
MOBILIZING CIVIC STAKEHOLDERSMayors are in a unique position to rally civic and community stakeholders around a compelling common interest — the future of their city's children. A new report from the Annenberg Institute — Engaging Cities: How Municipal Leaders Can Mobilize Communities to Improve Public Schools — profiles five cities where mayors and other community leaders have built civic capacity to leverage educational improvements. The report highlights and synthesizes the strategies used in each city and includes an annotated list of resources on public engagement for municipal leaders.
> More information and PDF downloads
TENNESSEE SUPERINTENDENT JOINS ANNENBERG
Jesse Register, who recently stepped down after nearly ten years as superintendent of the Hamilton County/Chattanooga (Tennessee) Public Schools, has joined the Annenberg Institute as a Senior Advisor for District Leadership. The position, which is made possible by a grant from the Annenberg Foundation, will enable Register to reflect and write on issues of school system leadership and on the value for districts of working with reform support organizations.
> Press release
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM MOVES TO ANNENBERG
On September 1, the Community Involvement Program, founded in 1996 at the Institute for Education and Social Policy at NYU, became part of the Annenberg Institute. The program's widely recognized work in civic and community organizing for education improvement will join with and augment the Institute's ongoing work in community-centered education reform. The 14-member staff, including founding director Norm Fruchter, will remain in New York and consolidate with the small Institute staff already based there.
> Updated contact and program information
BACKING MAYORAL LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION REFORM
Annenberg Institute staff members Warren Simmons, Ellen Foley, Marla Ucelli, and Kenneth K. Wong contributed to a special section on Mayoral Leadership in Education in the Summer 2006 issue of the Harvard Educational Review. Simmons, Foley, and Ucelli urge mayors to move beyond involvement in superficial reorganization of their cities' school systems to actively supporting districtwide reform of the instructional core in schools and classrooms. Wong argues that mayors have unique skill sets — such as the ability to mobilize public support or to manage intergovernmental relations — that can be used effectively in the service of school systems.
> Order a print copy
RESOURCES FOR URBAN LEADERS
The latest issue of Public Engagement Watch highlights district strategies that can have an impact on student achievement. Also featured: an Aspen Institute report that advocates a renewed focus on student-teacher interactions around content; the 2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book, offering national trends in child well-being; and funding opportunities that recognize youth community service and improved communication between school systems and communities. PE Watch is jointly produced by the Annenberg Institute and the Institute for Youth, Education, and Families of the National League of Cities.
> August issue
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