Abstract A challenge facing many schools, especially those in urban settings that serve culturally and linguistically diverse populations, is a disconnection between schools students' home communities, which can have both cognitive affective implications for students. In this article we explore form of “connected science,” real‐world problems school‐community partnerships are used as contextual scaffolds bridging community‐based knowledge school‐based knowledge, way to provide all students...

Despite evidence of promise, the adoption culturally relevant educational (CRE) approaches to teaching and learning remains sporadic underwhelming. In this chapter, we question state affairs by investigating teacher resistance CRE. Through our examination literature, have come understand CRE as a multilevel problem that stems from (a) limited understanding belief in efficacy (b) lack know-how needed execute it. We therefore characterize problem, rather than individual compliance, view...

White supremacy and anti-Black racism are deeply embedded in educational organizations disrupting them is key to creating more racially just schools. This essay details how the regular practice of organizational routines reproduces racial domination subordination. We argue that combining critical perspectives on race with improvement approaches can help disrupt this reproductive process. More specifically, educators engage reflection action interrupt, deconstruct, redesign ways challenge...

Abstract We outline the societal prospects and business opportunities for much more extensive use of interactive multimedia technologies (IMT) connected through telecommunications to create distributed learning environments (DMLE). A theoretical framework is provided with a distinctive communications perspective on emerging from research in cognitive social sciences. major consequence this communication emphasis special need rich support highly teaching activities, especially those at...

Critics within and outside the field of education often point out absence a strong reciprocal connection between research practice. The emergence standards-based reform passage NCLB have generated increasing pressure for evidence-based decision making at all levels. Yet there is little clarity about how results are actually used in education, or what kinds evidence most useful to practitioners policymakers. In this book, leading scholars examine available on use provide suggestions...

Background/Context Educators around the country are working individually and collectively to improve teaching learning. Despite marked progress in some places driven by these improvement efforts, overall education field has been slow outcomes remain highly variable. This is partly because not organized learn systematically, accumulate, disseminate practical knowledge needed for of Purpose/Objective paper explores initiation a social structure organize collaborative work: networked community...

The concept of authenticity is an under-theorized design principle at the centre debates about relationship school activities to professional practices. We explore one approach articulating through a novel curricular structure, which we call 'mutual benefit partnership', developed in collaboration with telecommunications company and four middle schools. partnership created products value corporate partner as well teachers students. But attempts provide significant benefits all parties...

In this article, the authors explore how pervasive availability of technology allows for new social arrangements in teacher education by connecting preservice teachers, school-based personnel, university faculty, and others deep engaging ways. The illustrate perspective then propose four implications institutions that build on view. Specifically, recommend be used to (a) create technically literate professionals, (b) strengthen practice—theory connection, (c) provide more practice-centered...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to delineate an approach quality assurance in education called networked improvement communities (NICs) that focused on integrating the methodologies science with few networks. Quality improvement, and practice continuously improving programs, practices, processes, products services within organized social systems, a still-evolving area education. This first seven elaborating upon different approaches education[1]. It delineates new methodology NICs...

Background/Context Though cast in many styles and given different labels, the notion that one can improve schools by improving or changing social context of learning is a common thread runs through arguments education reformers scholars. Indeed, assertion reform needs to create school environments with stronger community, where people are “better connected.” At heart such claims—and topic investigation for this article—is nature interactions crucial part schooling. Purpose/Objective In...

This chapter is a case study of the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement Teaching's Pathways™ program. The goal Statway®™ and Quantway®™ pathways to improve success rate community college students who place into developmental mathematics. What makes these programs unique their strategy building particular kind professional network, what refers as Networked Improvement Community (NIC), organize lead an array continuous improvement processes. NICs are social mechanism through which...

This study investigates how educational leaders within a research-practice partnership used improvement science thinking and tools to address declining attendance rates following the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizing time-series data run charts, central office school administrators visualized system performance, allowing them see variations patterns over time. The partnership’s focus on variation helped challenge their initial biases, leading more accurate understanding of factors driving...

This article examines the use of interdisciplinary project co-design, as a mechanism for increasing capacity school and promoting growth teachers’ professional practice in an urban high setting. Changing teaching practices culture within can be extremely difficult. Simply providing resources about novel strategies ineffective. In fact, some cultures, suggestions classroom change received with hostility, being viewed by teachers acts questioning their competence. study describes how...

Many are the conditions which must be fulfilled if Great Society is to become a Community …. The highest and most difficult kind of inquiry subtle, delicate, vivid responsive art communication take possession physical machinery transmission circulation breath life into it. When machine age has thus perfected its machinery, it will means not despotic master. – John Dewey (1938) Social accounts learning human knowledge have led attempts reorganize schools as communities. This paper examines...

Cognitive and socioeconomic factors don't fully explain gaps

We develop an agent-based model that captures the dynamic processes related to moving from educational system in which students are automatically assigned a neighborhood school one gives households more choice among existing and newly formed public schools.Analysis of our reveals importance considering timing entrance new schools into addition their quantity quality.Our further range conditions where emphasize achievement relative geographic proximity decision, lower mean district -a...