If more schools, charter and otherwise, use creative strategies to tackle the challenges of socioeconomic integration, they can help shift the turnaround discussion from an exclusive focus on how to improve high - poverty schools to a discussion that also looks seriously at how to break up concentrations of poverty and provide
more diverse learning environments for all students.
The O'Farrell Charter School provides a multi-cultural, linguistically and
racially diverse learning environment in which students experience educational equity and are encouraged to serve their community.
Diverse learning environments contribute both to stronger academic outcomes for all students — including reduced achievement gaps — and to greater access, social capital and cohesion, as well as empathy and understanding across lines of difference.
A substantial body of research demonstrates that all students benefit academically, occupationally, and socially
from diverse learning environments; yet, for decades, little emphasis has been placed on promoting racially and socioeconomically diverse schools.
For example the Common Ground School in New Haven, is successfully providing a more racially
diverse learning environment with 81.9 % minority compared to the City's 86.9 % number.
It can be a good tool for all types of schools to use, for all kinds of kids who may need a
more diverse learning environment — students like my own daughters, who thrived in online courses but also attended full - time traditional programs simultaneously.
«What an incredible, artistic,
diverse learning environment!
So it was not about
a diverse learning environment.
I believe in
the diverse learning environment, and I think that diversity of race and ethnicity does improve the educational experiences, not just of white students, but also of students of color.
While conducting interviews with undergraduates at Harvard, Brown, and Oxford for her upcoming book, The Diversity Bargain, Warikoo discovered that many white students «support affirmative action in as much as it benefits themselves by creating
a diverse learning environment.»
A: In the United States, the diversity bargain is based on three expectations that follow from justifying affirmative action only by its contribution to
a diverse learning environment.
Their justification, though, is a self - serving one: affirmative action ensures
a diverse learning environment, essential to a meaningful college experience for themselves.
So, a Latino peer from a wealthy Mexican family or the African American daughter of a physician who grew up in a predominantly white suburb are not seen as contributing to
the diverse learning environment.
Second, white students expect black and Latino students on campus — all of whom are assumed to have benefited from affirmative action — to have had a particular life experience that will contribute to
the diverse learning environment.
Some say that ignoring societal benefits and increased racial equality, in favor of the current legal reasoning of
a diverse learning environment, doesn't matter.
We incorporate technology into nearly every lesson to maximize instruction, to foster
a diverse learning environment, and to create differentiation for 21st century learners.
Based on the latest research, we create
a diverse learning environment that has cognitive and social - emotional benefits for all because the future depends on students learning from different perspectives, experiences, and ideas.
They include investing in early childhood and universal pre-K programs, as well as creating attendance zones and strong schools to promote
a diverse learning environment.
The amici urge the Court to recognize
that diverse learning environments provide benefits for all students.
Our vision is to provide a safe and
diverse learning environment that operates as a collaborative community.
Diverse learning environments benefit all students, and the benefits stretch across many realms of student learning and development, including academic achievement, social and interpersonal skills, workplace preparation, and civic engagement.
The advantages of breaking up concentrated poverty can be many: Low - income students» performance rises, and all students receive the benefits of
a diverse learning environment.
Many districts seek to ensure
a diverse learning environment by maximizing opportunity and choice for families.
Valley Middle School of STEM is a magnet school that embeds the study of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics into a collaborative and
diverse learning environment.
In contrast, teachers in stable and
diverse learning environments — with or without a white student majority — report more positive student relations and more support from parents and the community (with some variation according to the race of the teacher).
They also must have an understanding of pedagogy, or how students learn, particularly across
the diverse learning environments we see today.
Highlights CWC Schools Founder and Chief Executive Officer Kriste Dragon's passion for providing
diverse learning environment to neighborhoods across the nation.
Research has found that this approach can raise the academic achievement of low - income students without lower the achievement of higher - income students, as well as giving all students the benefits of
a diverse learning environment.
Legislators should support the replication of charters that have created an exemplary school climate without relying on punishment of exclusion, in particular those that also provide
a diverse learning environment and help reduce racial isolation.
Socioeconomic integration is a win - win situation: Low - income students» performance rises; all students receive the cognitive benefits of
a diverse learning environment (Antonio et al., 2004; Phillips, Rodosky, Muñoz, & Larsen, 2009); and middle - class students» performance seems to be unaffected up to a certain level of integration.
We conclude with a proposal for the Senate to consider an approach to new charters that would aim to ensure high quality, equal educational opportunities in
a diverse learning environment.
Guided students with in - class group sessions as well as in one - on - one personal interactions in
diverse learning environments.