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Schools of Opportunity builds an argument for shifting the way that
excellent schools are recognized and built. The National Education
Policy Center's Schools of Opportunity project was designed to
highlight public high schools that are using research-based
practices for closing opportunity gaps in student learning. The
project recognizes schools working to address the needs of all
students, whether or not those schools have high average test
scores. This approach thus embraces a shift away from the nation's
myopic focus on outcomes. This follows from research findings that
schools alone cannot fix the problems created by the stark
inequalities in our society. Instead, schools should be expected to
do their part by responding to inequities with research-based
practices. With these shifts in mind, this book provides case
studies of schools that demonstrate key criteria that other schools
can emulate, such as an inclusive school climate, support for
language-minority students, performance-based assessment, teacher
professionalism, a commitment to detracking, and supports for
students in need. Book Features: Provides accounts of school
reform, jointly told by researcher–practitioner teams, connecting
current research with successful efforts of educators to create
outstanding learning environments. Brings together the voices of
principals and school leaders who share stories of how their work
has unfolded in their school, district, and state contexts.
Identifies the school leadership and teacher practices that close
opportunity gaps for student learning, and what it takes to
implement them.
Schools of Opportunity builds an argument for shifting the way that
excellent schools are recognized and built. The National Education
Policy Center's Schools of Opportunity project was designed to
highlight public high schools that are using research-based
practices for closing opportunity gaps in student learning. The
project recognizes schools working to address the needs of all
students, whether or not those schools have high average test
scores. This approach thus embraces a shift away from the nation's
myopic focus on outcomes. This follows from research findings that
schools alone cannot fix the problems created by the stark
inequalities in our society. Instead, schools should be expected to
do their part by responding to inequities with research-based
practices. With these shifts in mind, this book provides case
studies of schools that demonstrate key criteria that other schools
can emulate, such as an inclusive school climate, support for
language-minority students, performance-based assessment, teacher
professionalism, a commitment to detracking, and supports for
students in need. Book Features: Provides accounts of school
reform, jointly told by researcher–practitioner teams, connecting
current research with successful efforts of educators to create
outstanding learning environments. Brings together the voices of
principals and school leaders who share stories of how their work
has unfolded in their school, district, and state contexts.
Identifies the school leadership and teacher practices that close
opportunity gaps for student learning, and what it takes to
implement them.
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