To create equity, we strive for a model of education where curricula reflect students» ways of knowing and their people's history, behavioral expectations respect students» ways of interacting, and espoused and / or
implicit values of a school acknowledge what is learned at home.
Not exact matches
In the second place, sectarian
schools lose the religious
values implicit in the confrontation and interplay
of different ways
of faith.
In fact, for all the talk about the «democratic
values»
implicit in local control, the decibel level
of the past few years has been caused less by a legitimate debate about the merits
of the work than an internecine fight over which faction would control the local teachers union, a mayor's race pitting «old» vs. «new» Newark (read: Sharpe revanchists vs. Cory defenders), and the aspirations
of what Curvin calls the «resource distributors» — those who view the power and wealth allocation opportunities
of the
school system as an end in itself.
But both, in different ways, force us to confront the controversial character
of their clear but
implicit common assumption: that to narrow achievement gaps,
schools should instill middle - class
values in poor students.
The chapter describes some
of the literature regarding the differential educational experiences for rural
school students and provides the mission, vision, and
values of some
schools to demonstrate the
implicit attention that is already given to issues relevant to mental health.