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Building College Pathways Takes A Village: Findings from the North Philadelphia College Ambassadors Project LEADING INDICATORS FOR EDUCATION

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The Annenberg Institute’s report Building College Pathways Takes A Village describes the North Philadelphia College Ambassadors, an action research project that the Institute helped develop, support, and promote. The project trains groups of young Black men to analyze the post-secondary opportunities and supports available to them in their schools and communities and to advocate for a comprehensive neighborhood- and city-based support network. The project was designed to complement the award-winning documentary First Person, which follows six Philadelphia high school students as they try to make it to college.

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Community Perspectives on Graduation Requirements

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This study, a collaboration of the Annenberg Institute and the Rhode Island Children's Crusade, looks at community attitudes about high school graduation requirements as part of Providence's high school redesign initiative. The report describes the views of community members, elicited in focus groups and interviews. The results of the study helped inform the planning for proposed new graduation requirements for the city's schools, which are now under consideration by the school board. (2004)

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Local Conversations on Education in Your Community

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This guide outlines how to begin and facilitate an ongoing series of conversations among local community members about education issues such as teacher recruitment and preparation, public engagement, student achievement, and obstacles to change. Clear directions and helpful hints about facilitating the sessions make this a useful tool for novice as well as experienced facilitators.

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Middle-Grades Report: Platforms for Success or Pathways to Failure?

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A report highlighting inequities in curriculum offerings and teacher quality between high- and low-performing middle-grade schools in NYC. The report concludes that these inequities contribute to the failure of many middle-grade schools to prepare their students for the rigors of high school and beyond. (2007)

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NCLB's Supplemental Educational Services: Is This What Our Students Need?

By Carol Ascher
Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 88, No. 02: pages 136-141

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This commentary reviews the political background of the out-of-school tutoring program and the for-profit companies and nonprofit organizations that are offering SES tutoring.

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Our Children Can't Wait: A Proposal to Close the Middle-Grades Achievement Gap

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This report was written for the NYC Coalition for Educational Justice (CEJ) by the Community Involvement Program of the Annenberg Institute. It calls on Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Klein to take bold action by implementing recommendations of the New York City Council Middle School Task Force. (2007)

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School-Police Partnership Effectiveness in Urban Schools: An Analysis of New York City's Impact Schools Initiative

By Kevin P. Brady, Sharon Balmer, & Deinya Phenix
Education and Urban Society, Vol. 39, No. 4, 455-478

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This article examines the initial effect of New York City's Impact Schools Initiative, a punitive-based school-police program aimed at increaseing police presence at some of the city's most dangerous public schools. (2007)

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Tools in Practice: Student Engagement

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These Web pages offer practical tools and frameworks to increase student collaboration, participation, and empowerment in school improvement.

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