Articles in the 'Smart Education Systems' Category

A Pioneering Collaboration to Improve Reading in Central Falls

by Christine Wiltshire, Frances Gallo and Kath Connolly

How did one unusual partnership between an urban school district and a charter school share best teaching practices and collectively support early reading proficiency?

Collective Practice: Strategies for Sustainable Improvement

by Robert Kronley and Marla Ucelli-Kashyap

Why do policy-makers and partners seeking to help sustain instructional improvement need to broaden the prevailing policy focus beyond teaching as an isolated act?

Beyond the Individual Teacher: How Collective Practice Leads to Higher Teaching Quality

by Marla Ucelli-Kashyap

Collective Practice, Quality Teaching: VUE Number 27, Spring 2010
A Nation at Risk opened a deluge of commentary on the shortcomings of American public schools – and a new era of school reform. But it took several years before attention began turning to solutions that addressed teacher quality. In 1986, the Carnegie Task Force on Teaching [...]

What Is After-School Worth? Developing Literacy and Identity Out of School

by Glynda Hull and Jessica Zacher

How can after-school programs help young people develop a broader form of literacy that includes new technologies?

Engaging a City: Building Public Confidence and Support for Schools

by Bill Purcell

How did the mayor of Nashville help rebuild public trust and support by opening schools to the community?

Urban Education Reform: Recalibrating the Federal Role

by Warren Simmons

Why do federal policies need to address community engagement and equity to improve outcomes for urban children and youths?

Building Leadership Capacity in Smart Education Systems

by Deborah King and Margaret Balch-Gonzalez

What should leadership at the district level look like, and what strategies are effective for implementing these new approaches?

Making Connections: Linking Schools and Communities

by Benjamin Sherman

Why does one New York City principal see it as part of his mission to draw on community resources to expand learning opportunities for students?


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