Envisioning+Multicultural+Schools

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 * <Class 12: Race and Schools**

Key Topics

 * ** Innovative Schools - Academic Success . . . . . . . . Different Incomes - Different Schools ** ||

= Innovative Schools - Academic Success =
 * To address the many achievement gaps that plague today’s educational system, there are people trying to remake schooling with the goal of creating educational equity and excellence for everyone.**


 * //**View**// ** 12:32 - 24:10 ** The Algebra Project


 * **//Read//** Creed for Chicago Urban Prep Academies


 * 1.  With The Algebra Project's multiple intelligences teaching methods and the use of students teaching other students, success for all is the academic outcome for students. There are other outcomes for students in this program conceived by Dr. Robert Moses. **
 * Describe three other achievements for high school students that result from participation in the program. **


 * 2.  Do you think that a difference in atmosphere and behavior might result in a school where a creed is a core part of the learning experience as opposed to a school displaying a list of school rules? **
 *  Explain your thinking. **

= DIFFERENT INCOMES - DIFFERENT SCHOOLS =



60 years after Brown vs. Board of Education, America's schools remain segregated. Reported NPR 0517/14. Probe: Gains of Integration Eroded Especially In The South
 * //**Hear**// 7:08-8:14 Transcript of entire interview is provided to read but ** please hear students speaking during this one minute. **

Six Words: 'Segregation Should Not Determine Our Future'
 * //**Hear**// ** the voices of **** students and James Dent speaking during this interview **. Reported NPR 04/18/14. Interview Transcript

3. ** Did you know any of the information from the podcast, 'Probe: Gains of Integration Eroded, Especially In The South'? **
 * Does this information provide ideas about why Dr.Robert Moses went south to Baltimore and to Mississippi to introduce The Algebra Project into high schools? Explain your thoughts. **

4. ** Of the students interviewed for 'Six Words: 'Segregation Should Not Determine Our Future' who made the most profound impression on you? Why? **


 * To compose a six word story for the Race Card Project, what six words would you write? **

Detroit 40 years ago attempted desegregation and the failed effort set forth policies that followed throughout the U.S. Reported 11/19/13 School Desegregation Thwarted
 * //**Hear**// **the podcast and** ** Ray Litt speaking **.

5. ** Who was responsible for countermanding the decisions that would have guaranteed implementation of the integration effort? **
 * If Detroit's city schools had been allowed to implement the policy of integration by busing what might be the results of that decision during the past 40 years? **


 * Maxim : a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct.- ** Oxford English Dictionary

//** Everyone is smart. . . **// //** Everyone is a learner. . . **// //** Everyone is a teacher. . . **// --Jerome Bruner psychologist, professor, author
 * // . . . under favorable conditions . //**



"//**Chance favors the prepared mind**//. **"** --**Louis Pasteur**, French chemist, microbiologist, inventor and creator of "pasteurization", maker of modern biology of food purity, medical instrument sterilization, vaccination and our use of antibiotics. It was Pasterur who taught the necessity of hand washing to prevent illness and disease.

"A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever." --**Jessamyn West**, American writer Told by doctors when she was 32 that she would die young from bilateral tuberculosis, West wrote and lived to age 82.

--**Emily Cutting**, age 7, in response to Sharon's question, "Emily, who is smart?" singer, teacher, businesswoman
 * "Everyone is smart who can open the door to non-stupidity." **

physicist and chemist Marie Skłodowska Curie ([|/ˈkjʊri, kjʊˈriː/];[|[3]] French: [|[kyʁi]]; Polish: [|[kʲiˈri]]; born Maria Salomea Skłodowska [|[ˈmarja salɔˈmɛa skwɔˈdɔfska]]; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a [|Polish and naturalized-French] [|physicist] and [|chemist] who conducted pioneering research on [|radioactivity]. She was the [|first woman to win a Nobel Prize], the first person and only woman to [|win twice], the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences, and was part of the Curie family legacy of [|five Nobel Prizes]. She was also the first woman to become a professor at the [|University of Paris], and in 1995 became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the [|Panthéon] in Paris. -wikipedia ||
 * "Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves ." ||
 * **Marie Curie**,

6. **Would you display any of the maxims shown above for students to see and discuss?** **Is there a different quote that you would display?**

Lastly for your consideration, a story of courage, Determined to Reach March of 1963, Teen Used Thumb and Feet
 * **Hear** podcast. **View** video.

**7.** **Would you listen to the podcast or view the video with students to consider equity in America?** **What might your opening question to students be?**

Additional Resources
What Does a Modern Classroom Look Like--And What Should Educators Leave Behind

====Finland's New Plan to Change School Means Combining Subjects====

Birmingham Covington: Building a Student-Centered School

**Bob's Lesson Plan for Last Class**

We are exploring four T"s: Time, Technology, Teachers and TEAMS in today 1/2/3 time and this center is the one about teachers. Our school teams are interviewing site coordinators as potential candidates for a position at their school.
 * Opener**
 * This is important for schools because it is teachers who make the mission and vision of a school come alive in the way they teach.
 * This is important for teacher candidates because when there are multiple applicants for a position, a interviewee must stand out from the competition
 * How does one stand out? By highlighting their academic experience, their skills and experiences, their community service, their communication and teamwork skills and their vision of teaching and learning in the classroom

Schools Interview Candidates
 * Activity**

Each candidate receive written feedback from one or two school team members on:
 * Your interview impressed us because . ..
 * In your next interview, you might do . ..

Key Study on School Climate and how teachers impact that climate through their actions  @http://neatoday.org/2016/12/05/school-climate/ [|826 Boston/ Afterschool Writing and Publishing Program]
 * Close**
 * The Evidence is In: Happy Schools Boost Student Achievement

Why Can't Our Kids Go to School Together?
 * Alabama/04/24/16**

Some of America's Top Teachers went to Finland. Here is What They Learned.


 * Innovative Schools - Academic Success **

Classroom on the Water from the website

In Bronx River, Helping Oysters Stage Comback

====** //New York's Harbor School// first in Bushwick Brooklyn and relocated to Governers Island **====

Sea Change in Education: New York's Harbor School 0:00-3:15 We are walking back in time, way way back; picture yourself at age 14. Can you go back to middle school and see yourself at age 14? Picture yourself in school. Do you see yourself in the building? Is there a class that you look forward to attending? Back then, if you had been offered a chance to make a choice, was there another kind of school you wanted to attend at 14? What is it?

Would you have chosen a science school?

New York Harbor School on Govenors Island
 * Open **** ABOUT: **** MISSION/ HISTORY/ LOCATION/ PRESS **** to learn about the school. **

Two Directions of Study Classroom on the Water from the website

The Urban Assembly: Our Schools

In Bronx River, Helping Oysters Stage Comback

Classroom on the Water


 * SOLEs: Sugata Mitra's model in Harlem**


 * Lebron James creates the I Promise School in Akron, Ohio**

Providence, RI's Pleasant View Elementary School **where the Panther Pride chant affirms the beliefs of the vision and work of an unconventional principal leading a thriving school community.**


 * Chicago's Urban Prep Academy whose Creed and school structure set in motion successful learning and future goal attainment for young male teens is one multiculturally diverse model.**


 * Another is Promise Academy in Harlem, where a growth mindset is modeled by all staff and supported by the students and their families.**


 * We saw Emma Lazarus High School, in New York, NY focused exclusively for high school ELL learners to be able to attend college.**


 * We learned about Coral Way Elementary School, in Miami, where teachers lead classes with high demand and high expectations for bilingual students**


 * We reviewed Harvey Mudd College's Engineering, Science, and STEM programs that invite, support, and retain female students in STEM courses and careers.**


 * We have featured other models throughout the semester beginning with Green Energy Biomedical and Engineering Pathways at Edison High School in Fresno, CA.**

__ //** High Tech High School,San Diego, CA **// __ High Tech High School: About

Moving Urban Schools Forward Massive underfunding of inner city schools has not occurred because there are no funds to spend, but how those funds are spent. Dr.__ [|Pedro Noguera] __, professor at UCLA and the Director of the [|Center for the Study of School Transformation] describes how Brockton, MA succeeds w/a population of poor kids.

 The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District, North Carolina, **winner of last year's prestigious Broad Prize for Urban Education,** **instituted new organizational practices to achieve success for all students in the city schools.**

Florida Virtual School

P TEC 6-years of high school

[|Finland Secret Sauce: Its Teachers] discusses how to become a teacher in Finland, a country with some of the highest student achievement results in the world.

[|Back to School Already? Debate Continues Over Year-Round Benefits] discusses the advantages and disadvantages of going to school all year long without a lengthy 10 to 12 week summer break.

** Different Incomes - Different Schools **
[|U.S. Schools Reach Majority-Minority Milestone]

In Fall 2014, Latino, African American and Asian students will be a majority of students (50.3%) in the nation's public schools. Click for a [|table of enrollment projections through 2023]from the Digest of Education Statistics.

Detroit 40 years ago attempted desegregation and the failed effort set the policies that followed throughout the U.S. School Desegregation Thwarted

How School Funding Works in Massachusetts


 * Following the Brown v Board of Education legislation, segregation continued to separate communities of Caucasian and African American and Hispanic families through the redlining of neighborhoods.**


 * Digital Learning **

North Carolina School Engages Tech Generation With Digital Learning

[|Burlington High School in Massachusetts receives Apple Distinguished School Award for 2012-2013], one of 87 schools honored nationwide for technology integration.


 * Poverty **

Rich People Actually Don't Create The Jobs-Business Insider

15 Mind Blowing Facts About Inequality In America-Business Insider

**Read the transcript of the interview or listen to the conversation, whichever you prefer to do.**
 * Jonathan Kozal has spent** **50 years chronicling** **public education's funding** **inequities and its resulting lack of success for students in poor schools. His book,** // **Death At An Early Age** //**,** **1980** **, gained national attention, but since its publication, little has changed to address the inequities of public schools.**

 Jonathan Kozol speaks about kids that survive-inner-cities in a new book, Fire In The Ashes You can [|read a preview of Fire in the Ashes] at Amazon.

Voices of Youth Radio: San Francisco Bay Area Students Find Danger Lurks To and From School Chicago's Silent Watchmen Guard School Rout
 * //**Hear**// the podcasts; transcripts are provided but please also hear the people speaking.

3. ** As a youngster did you face any of the fears that these San Francisco and Chicago kids face in urban centers going back and forth to school? **
 * Do you think the volunteers standing watch while students walk to and from school ought to be paid for this by federal funds? **




 * //**Read**// Jail Time For Sneaking Kids Into A Better School

Update 9/27/11: "Ohio Gov. John Kasich, going against the unanimous opinion of the Ohio Parole Board, reduced the charges from felony to misdemeanor charges so that Kelley Williams-Bolar would not have a felony record which could block her hoped-for career in education." Christian Science Monitor: A Weekly Review Of Global News & Ideas, vol. 103/ issue 44

4. ** Knowing that school is where the door opens for future employment and wealth accumulation, what is your feeling about the situation of the mother in the news report? What do you think her options for her children's schools should be? **



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Videos by students & teachers
 * Find //Jay Vavra, Amgen National Science Teacher of the Year //**

** Alphabet Soup: The A-Z of Cell Biology **

** Black Holes: A Children's Book **


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New Technology High School: About

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> Videos by students & teachers I Am What I Learn: Troy Simon An Amazing Turnaround, Warren, N.C. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> KQED's report for Groundbreaking Schools
 * What school reform or educational change practices are advocated by each school?
 * What elements of the school's design and curriculum do you believe will improve learning for students?
 * What might have been very effective for your own learning had you attended each of the schools you visited virtually?
 * Would you choose to teach in either school the Harbor School or the school you visited on the webquest? Why or why not?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Sugata Mitra TED talk: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html



**Apples in America in the 1800s/Science Friday**

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 * A Visit To The Doomsday Vault:Scott Pelley Visits One Of The World's Most Unique Banks **

Link to the Video on Vimeo

Link to Resources for History Teachers wiki A Visit to the Doomsday Vault

==== ** //New York's Harbor School// first in Bushwick Brooklyn and relocated to Governers Island ** ====

<span style="color: #000d80; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Sea Change in Education: New York's Harbor School 0:00-3:15 We are walking back in time, way way back; picture yourself at age 14. Can you go back to middle school and see yourself at age 14? Picture yourself in school. Do you see yourself in the building? Is there a class that you look forward to attending? Back then, if you had been offered a chance to make a choice, was there another kind of school you wanted to attend at 14? What is it?

Would you have chosen a science school?


 * Open **** ABOUT: **** MISSION/ HISTORY/ LOCATION/ PRESS **** to learn about the school **