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The Obama agenda has focused almost exclusively on systemic school reform to address the achievement deficits of disadvantaged students: standards, testing, teacher evaluations, and a continued, if different, focus on accountability.

Recently, several prominent national education organizations (including the NEA, AERA, AFT, and NCTE) have called for addressing equity in schools and society, specifically recommending that we need to highlight the «systemic patterns of inequity — racism and educational injustice — that impacts our students,» and that educators and school leaders «receive the tools, training, and support they need to build curricula with substantive exploration of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.»

State and district guidelines for school improvement planning are focusing too heavily on standards and results - oriented improvements instead of promoting systemic changes to address barriers to teaching and learning, concludes a report from the Center for Mental Health in Schools at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Mariam Durrani, an expert on Islamophobia and Muslim youth and a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), says that even if there are no Muslim students in a class, «changing educational and society - wide demographics suggest that as young people come of age, we'll have even greater need for conversations about learning across difference and about addressing systemic inequalities,» whether about religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, or other identifiers.

Clearly, addressing school climate in a comprehensive and systemic manner is imperative in promoting academic excellence and creating safe and supportive school environments.

As one put it, school reformers who hoped to receive NASDC grants had to «cast aside their old notions about schooling — to start with a clean sheet of paper, and be bold and creative in their thinking, and to give us ideas that address comprehensive, systemic change for all students for whole schools.»

States, districts, and schools can use EWS data to examine school - level patterns to address systemic issues that may be impeding a student's ability to meet key educational milestones.

The data presented analyzes and compares the 2013 - 14 school discipline data for every district in the state that helped uncover promising practices and examples of effective educational accountability while at the same time highlighting the numerous areas for improvement and the deeper systemic issues that still need to be addressed.

Demand action to address systemic barriers that may be causing large numbers of students to miss too much school.

But, before schools attempt to talk to students about systemic racism and oppressive systems, they must first address racist thoughts and practices that exist within the staff and that live in school practices.

In 1998, under the leadership of Executive Director Steve Jubb, BayCES changed its name to the Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools to emphasize our focus on addressing disparities among student groups that we believe arise from racism, classicism, language bias, and other forms of systemic bias.

AFC is a recognized leader in school reform efforts, with expertise in bringing together community - based organizations, parents» groups, and government agencies to address systemic problems and improve outcomes and options for all students.

Complementary essays by Hirsch (1996, 2006) addressed the cumulative learning of academic content as a major systemic deficiency in U.S. elementary schools.

We customize our partnerships to provide evidence - based tools and services that address systemic issues of equity and access for culturally and linguistically diverse learners in schools and organizations.

The Knoxville Alliance also addressed the issue of eliminating systemic disparities in discipline and suspension based on race and other student characteristics in Knox County Schools.

Through discussion with a range of stakeholders we've developed guidance and practical support addressing both the school - level cultural and leadership practices needed and the systemic and institutional changes required to enable a truly research - engaged education system.

While missed opportunities is an easy fix (better planning), there are other systemic human resource deficiencies that must be identified, addressed,... Continue reading His First Five Minutes As A Teacher Tells Metro Schools Everything It Needs To Know About Protecting Its Young

Further, the systemic problems indicated by this study require immediate solutions to address systemic issues of student poverty, truancy, and increasing inequity in school funding.

About a dozen of these districts are using cooperation, also commonly referred to as district - charter collaboration, to drive decisions and address systemic challenges, including tracking school performance, student enrollment, and school closure.

By implementing an effective social - emotional learning curriculum and addressing the systemic factors that determine school climate, we can create schools where bullying is rare and where all students are ready to learn.

Tackling such deep structural inequities as segregation and resource allocation is likely necessary to really address school discipline disparities — lest we face yet another instance of educators being asked to throw local solutions at systemic problems.

Some of the most ambitious efforts to address the underachievement of African - American boys and young men have involved broad, systemic reforms — carefully conceived and clearly articulated transformations of entire school districts that are designed to run seamlessly from pre-kindergarten through high school.

This process cycle provides the foundation to address school improvement and promote student achievement through a comprehensive and systemic approach consisting of the following main tasks:

The Lab's goal is to create systemic, silo - breaking approaches to addressing the comprehensive needs of children, especially those living in poverty, by developing personalized systems of support and opportunity both within and outside of school.

Teacher preparation programs and school districts will struggle to compete with other industries in the recruitment process unless they also address these systemic issues.

Commenting on the high number of students that schools lose to attrition, Dr. María «Cuca» Robledo Montecel, IDRA's President and CEO, stated recently that «since this problem is systemic, the solution must address schools as systems» (2008).

But since DeVos took over the Department of Education, the OCR has reversed course on school discipline complaints, instructing regional OCR offices to no longer consider systemic and historic patterns in addressing individual complaints.

Response Comprehensive school reform (CSR) is a systemic approach to school improvement that addresses every aspect of a school, from curriculum to scheduling to management to family and community involvement.

To support attendance, schools must first establish a positive and engaging school climate.87 To reduce chronic absenteeism, however, schools may need to implement more rigorous interventions.88 For example, schools can increase parent engagement to educate guardians on the risks associated with accumulated absences, which they often underestimate.89 Schools may also need to address systemic barriers to attendance by providing safe transportation or high - quality afterschool progschools must first establish a positive and engaging school climate.87 To reduce chronic absenteeism, however, schools may need to implement more rigorous interventions.88 For example, schools can increase parent engagement to educate guardians on the risks associated with accumulated absences, which they often underestimate.89 Schools may also need to address systemic barriers to attendance by providing safe transportation or high - quality afterschool progschools may need to implement more rigorous interventions.88 For example, schools can increase parent engagement to educate guardians on the risks associated with accumulated absences, which they often underestimate.89 Schools may also need to address systemic barriers to attendance by providing safe transportation or high - quality afterschool progschools can increase parent engagement to educate guardians on the risks associated with accumulated absences, which they often underestimate.89 Schools may also need to address systemic barriers to attendance by providing safe transportation or high - quality afterschool progSchools may also need to address systemic barriers to attendance by providing safe transportation or high - quality afterschool programs.90

They envision a three - pronged systemic remedy: a continuous improvement approach for addressing educational opportunities; targeted high - leverage interventions focused on key transition points and needs; and stronger connections between schools and other institutions and systems affecting the development and well - being of children and youth.

Yet instead of seeking to address systemic inequities in school discipline, this administration may roll back protections for African American, Latino, and other minority students in the name of school safety.

Schott's core belief is that a grassroots movement is central to creating systemic change to address the disparities poor children and children of color face in schools.

Explore how to lead real systemic change in a school and address varied leaders» and staff members» willingness to shift the school culture.

One thrust of our study of district and school leader reform roles and development will be to clearly identify the major systemic challenges they confront and the actual strategies they use to address those challenges to varying effect.

Addressing systemic discrimination of Aboriginal children and children of colour in the school system has been identified as a key objective of your leadership.