Searetha Smith-Collins

An Agenda for Equity

Responding to the Needs of Diverse Learners

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Produktbeschreibung

This book will help comprehend reasons why children continue to lag behind, and take an in depth look at how to intervene and provide policies and support to help students and teachers succeed. The purpose of this book is to shed more light on the complexities and possibilities of yielding better answers, especially when executing justifiable, equitable change in education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: R&L Education
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 387g
• ISBN-13: 9781610487238
• ISBN-10: 1610487230
• Artikelnr.: 34389017

Autorenporträt

By Searetha Smith-Collins

Inhaltsangabe

    Preface
                                                                           
6   Introduction 12   Chapter 1:  Identifying the Need    The Optimal Mix:
Responding to the Needs of Students 25    From Parts to Whole 30
   Revisiting Past Practice            33   Chapter 2 Understanding the
Need Delving Deeper into  Response to Intervention 42 Adoption Trends
                                                      44      The Promise
of RtI   Chapter 3: A Glance into the "Regular" Classroom      52
      Sharpening the Focus 53       Teacher Assessment 56       Leadership
Matters 59   Chapter 4:  Meeting the Need    Promising Practices
   Snapshot:  High School   63     Snapshot:  National/State Pre-K Network
              70     Snapshot:  School District   71     Snapshot:  An
Affective Model                                     77     Snapshot:  RtI
and Gifted Education               79   Chapter 5:  The Black Male Agenda
    An Out-of-School Snapshot:  The Bridge    84     Expanding the Agenda:
 Building a New System           87     of Opportunity for Youth
    Implications for Today
                                                 93   Chapter 6: Assessing
the Outcomes                               97     National Outcomes
(Academic)                            98     National Outcomes (Behavioral)
   99     Measuring Success
                                                      100   Chapter 7:  The
Learning Target     Teach, Test, and Hope for the Best               102
    Moving from Random Acts of Curriculum and Instruction   105     Common
Language, Common Mission                                              107
    Optimizing Curriculum for All  109
                                                    Fitting the Pieces
Together                           112     The Design Process   114
    Curriculum Architects   116     Deeper Levels of Knowledge and Thinking
                                                119   Chapter 8:  Avoiding
Struggles and Pitfalls   122       Refining the Plan
                                                                        
  123       Evaluating the Impact and Results
                                                            124
      Planning to Make Change Happen:  The Payoff
                                       126       Unexpected Outcomes    
  127   Chapter 9:  Queries and Opportunities          
                                              133     
       Recommendations
                                                                                     134
    Chapter 10:  Transitioning to Schools of the Future
                                   144           Teaching This Generation
of Students                                                      148  
        The Moral Imperative
                                                                               150
       Chapter 11: Understanding the Landscape         Lessons Learned:
Bringing Order to the Potential of Chaos     153         Parallel Modeling
                                                       155   Chapter 12:
 Meet the Kids     161         The Beginning of Shortcomings     164
        A Recipe for Potential
                                                                               166
        Final Thoughts
                                                                                           172
  References      174   Appendix:   Resources                            A
Curriculum/RtI Framework Design Tool      179