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Process Yields Performance: Building Systems to Develop and Sustain Innovative Academic Programs
(2018-04-30)
Ten years ago, The Harbour School (THS) opened its doors in Hong Kong. Billed as an “inclusive, progressive school” with an international population and American curriculum, it sought to demonstrate not only that an inclusive ...
Tackling Inequitable Educational Policies & Practices: The Design & Implementation of the District-Level Diagnostic
(2018-05-01)
Throughout the nation, enormous racial and socio-economic achievement and opportunity gaps endure in rural, urban and suburban communities. During the course of my residency, I sought to uncover what leadership attributes ...
Making the Main Thing the Main Thing: A Learning-Centered Strategy for Jeffco Schools
(2018-04-30)
Since 2013 Jefferson County Public Schools (Jeffco) has undergone one of the most tumultuous periods in its history. Following this tumultuous period in which changes in leadership reflected opposite ends of an ideological ...
High Expectations With High Support: A Case Study of the Level-Up Initiative
(2018-04-27)
The Cambridge Public School District serves approximately 7,000 students within Cambridge, Massachusetts’ 6.6 square miles. City and school district leaders refer to Cambridge as a resource-rich city that spends one of the ...
"Learning About Where You Are": Pedagogies of Place and Placemaking in an Urban Community Art Studio
(2018-10-15)
In recent decades, the concepts of place and placemaking have become influential for practitioners in numerous fields, including the arts, community development, and education. While pedagogies of place and placemaking are ...
The Traditional Ordering of College Preparatory Math Courses, and an Evaluation of a Non-Traditional Ordering
(2018-02-06)
A math course sequence consisting of a course in algebra and a course in geometry, followed by another course in algebra, has been an enduring feature of U.S. high school curriculum since the later 19th century. In recent ...
Continuity, Coherence, and Change: Examining the Conditions for Effective Intervention Practices in an Urban School District
(2018-04-30)
Public school districts are responsible for ensuring that all of their students receive a high-quality education and achieve academic success. What, then, should a district do when a student is struggling to master grade ...
What Happens When YPAR Moves into the Classroom? A Study of Teachers’ Understanding of the Epistemology of Youth Participatory Action Research
(2018-05-08)
Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) is an epistemological stance premised on the belief that young people can and should participate as researchers in an inquiry-based process designed to critique and take action ...