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Collective Practice, Quality Teaching
VUE Number 27, Spring 2010

The authors of this issue of VUE argue that prevailing quality measures are too narrow; we must look beyond teaching as an individual act and also examine the collective aspects of teaching quality that require organizational support from schools and districts.

Full issue PDF [65 pages] | Individual articles

Building Smart Education Systems
VUE Number 26, Winter 2010

VUE has played a key role in developing the concept of “smart education systems” – high-functioning school districts linked to civic and community partners to provide a comprehensive web of supports for children and families. Through dialogue among divergent viewpoints, a picture has emerged of what this might look like.

Full issue PDF [65 pages] | Individual articles

Leadership in Smart Systems
VUE Number 25, Fall 2009

A new concept of leadership – one that sees leadership as distributed acrross a school system and community partners, rather than limited to individual, formal leaders – is better suited to today’s educational context. To develop this approach, leaders – all of them – need a new set of skills.

Full issue PDF [47 pages] | Individual articles

The Evolving Federal Role
VUE Number 24, Summer 2009

Federal involvement in education policy and the federal education budget are at record levels, but what the federal role should be and how federal funds should be used is a topic of heated debate.

Full issue PDF [45 pages] | Individual articles

Communities and Schools
VUE Number 23, Spring 2009

Community organzing for education reform plays an important role in building the civic capacity to create lasting and effective change that comes from a community, rather than to a community.

VUE 23 PDF [59 pages]

Redesigning the “Central Office”
VUE Number 22, Winter 2009

The current structure of most school districts is inadequate to support the vital role of ensuring results and equity for all students. District central offices must be redesigned around key functions and practices.

VUE 22 PDF [43 pages]

A Smart System in London
VUE Number 21, Fall 2008

One borough in London, England, is successfully implementing the national policy of partnerships between schools and other agencies to improve a range of health, social, educational, and economic outcomes for children.

VUE 21 PDF [52 pages]

Human Capital
VUE Number 20, Summer 2008

Teacher quality is the most important school-related factor in student achievement, yet many school systems have not focused on attracting, preparing, and supporting high-quality educators.

VUE 20 PDF [51 pages]

Learning Environments
VUE Number 19, Spring 2008

An effective learning environment is safe and welcoming, expects high quality, and provides supports. The environments schools and their partners create can make learning possible — or impede it.

VUE 19 PDF [51 pages]

Using Data for Decisions
VUE Number 18, Winter 2008

School communities that have shown success in meeting the challenges of using data effectively for decision making share their stories and the lessons they learned.

VUE 18 PDF [48 pages]

Skills for Smart Systems
VUE Number 17, Fall 2007

To bring all young people to proficiency, school systems, community organizations, and other agencies need to build their capacity to function effectively and develop productive partnerships in support of a high level of student learning at scale.

VUE 17 PDF [55 pages]

Ensuring that all young people graduate from public high schools with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed as adults will require integrating high-quality, equitable educational opportunities in school with extended learning beyond the school day.

VUE 16 PDF [59 pages]

This issue of Voices in Urban Education looks at the challenges of educating the 8 million immigrants and children of immigrants in U.S. schools and suggests ways that schools can ensure that immigrant students succeed.

VUE 15 PDF [47 pages]

This issue of Voices in Urban Education looks at what it would take — both from schools and from organizations outside of school — to bring all students to proficiency.

VUE 14 PDF [51 pages]

This issue of Voices in Urban Education looks at how a whole community can engage in education and create demand and support for improvement.

VUE 13 PDF [47 pages]

This issue of Voices in Urban Education looks at how to ensure a high-quality education for historically underserved students.

VUE 12 PDF [47 pages]

This issue of Voices in Urban Education looks at the difficult conversations and actions that must take place to get to true equity and excellence for all young people.

VUE 11 PDF [47 pages]

This issue of Voices in Urban Education looks at the deeply entrenched educational inequities highlighted by Hurricane Katrina and at how we can ensure equity and excellence for all children.

VUE 10 PDF [43 pages]

This issue of Voices in Urban Education looks at what it takes to sustain reform efforts over time in the face of multiple pressures and leadership changes.

VUE 9 PDF [47 pages]

This issue of Voices in Urban Education looks at what it will take to create systems of excellent high schools that work for all students.

VUE 8 PDF [51 pages]

This issue of Voices in Urban Education presents the latest thinking on how community assets and partners can expand learning opportunities for all a community’s young people.

VUE 7 PDF [47 pages]

This issue of Voices in Urban Education looks at the latest thinking about evidence-based practice from four perspectives that address the practical needs of educators.

VUE 6 PDF [39 pages]

This Voices in Urban Education features leading-edge perspectives on transforming the century-old school district model into a “smart district” that is part of the solution, not part of the problem.

VUE 5 PDF [43 pages]

This issue of Voices in Urban Education describes the complex challenges and promising new approaches in today’s struggle for equitable education.

VUE 4 PDF [43 pages]

The four articles in this issue consider who is responsible for ensuring that adolescents are literate and how students can be encouraged to expand their literacy skills through both conventional and unconventional forms.

VUE 3 PDF [47 pages]

This issue focuses on small schools and their effectiveness for youths of color, examining how small schools do, and do not, work for all students and what it might take for small schools to become a significant strategy in urban school reform.

VUE 2 PDF [51 pages]

In this inaugural issue, seven authors pose probing questions and share insights about “Topic A” in education in 2003: accountability.

VUE 1 PDF [67 pages]