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Final Exam is on CREATE Website (save a tree): Project Information:Today in Class Halat Qadir-Iraq & US Education Today in CREATE at 4:00 Group #33: Sociological Themes in The Blind Side. Thursday June 3 In Class Angineh Torosiyan & Coral Leidke - Iran, US & Germany

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126 Announcements

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  1. Final Exam is on CREATE Website (save a tree): Project Information:Today in Class Halat Qadir-Iraq & US Education Today in CREATE at 4:00 Group #33: Sociological Themes in The Blind Side Thursday June 3 In Class Angineh Torosiyan & Coral Leidke-Iran, US & Germany Devalin Jackson-The Relevance of HCBUs 126 Announcements

  2. Project Information-con’t • June 8 • In CREATE • 1:30: Jalin Patel: The Value of AP • 1:50 Tina Kim: Education in Korea • In CH 113 • 3:00: Group 21: Education in Mexico • 3:20: Group 35: Teacher Preparation • June 8th (con’t) • 3:40: Ernest & Cazarez: Narratives in Textbooks • 4:00 Craig Curry Consequences of Math Instruction Changes • 4:20: Group 32: Class Differences in Parent Involvement

  3. Preuss/Gompers Theory of Action • Cultural • GCMS: “Culture Camp” to instill common high expectations, predictability • College teams • signs, banners, uniforms to signal “college going culture” • UCSD students serve as tutors, role models

  4. Preuss/Gompers Theory of Action • Political • UCSD: Contentious debate led to CREATE & Preuss • Gompers: Also contentious: Activist parents + Sup’t + community groups led to charter

  5. Other Local Innovations: HTH, KIPP Range of academic calendar (zero periods, contracts, periods of varying, longer school year) Local personnel decisions Embed teacher professional development in school day Project based learning (hands-on, tie students’ experience to disciplinary concepts) Range of assessments—not just standardized tests—including portfolios, exhibitions HTH: offers teaching credential!

  6. EVIDENCE @ CLAIM that SD Charters ImprovePerformance • Preuss: 4-year College Enrollment • 2004: 80% (N=55) • 2005: 84% (N=75) • 20O6: 78% (N=87) • 2007: 87% (N=78) • 2008: 87% (N=87) • 2009: 93% (N=93) • Preuss: State-wide Tests (API) • 2004: 2nd in County (844) • 2005: 1st in County (861) • 2006: 2nd in County (879) • 2007: 1st in County (877) • 2008: 1st in County (881) • 2009: 1st in County (894) GCMS

  7. EVIDENCE @ CLAIM that SD Charters ImprovePerformance • School2007API2008API • Preuss 877 881 • HiTechHi 807 785 • SDHS IB 783 800 • SDHSLEADS 637 717 • C’fordIDEA 570 573 • Hoover 562 578 • Lincoln n/a 540

  8. EVIDENCE @ CLAIM that SD Charters ImprovePerformance • School2007API2008API • Preuss 877 881 • TorreyPines 852 849 • La Jolla Hi 829 818 • HiTechHi 807 785 • Scripps 785 820 • Pt Loma 672 709

  9. Summary • Local Charters have better record than US average: • Bureaucracy • Competition • Student achievement • Educate all students? Or promote more segregation?

  10. Topic 11: The Future Today: A resurgent democratic vision? Thursday: A new, virtual classroom?

  11. The Course at a Glance Democratic Function Technical Function Critique Information Economy? Agricultural Economy Industrial Economy 1787 1865 Today 1983 Future Functions of Education In Historical Context

  12. A Resurgent Democratic Vision? • Freire’s Democratic Vision--Purpose of Education • The development of a critical consciousness; especially for the under class • Social Justice curriculum • Adult literacy built on politically charged language • Severe Critique of conventional education, which he calls the “Banking Model”

  13. Democratic Vision as Local Governance • Local control over educational decisions: • curriculum, • budgets, • employment • Students, teachers, and parents involved in decision making (e. g: the redesign of Gompers Charter Middle School)

  14. Democracy in Curriculum and Instruction • Topics: important curricular concerns in natural sciences and social sciences • Activated by students real questions and real-world experiences (Dewey): Voter registration, Location of land fills, Pollution Budget fallout: firing teachers Firing Ranges/ROTC • Instruction: Project based, thematic, collaborative, • Inquiry as problem solving

  15. Evaluation • Not content with any single measure, but especially not just quick-answer standardized tests • Calls for multiple measures, including: • Exhibitions • Portfolios • Examples: Central Park East, High Tech High, Preuss

  16. Challenges “Social Justice” curriculum is unAmerican (Manzo) Tension between developing students’ skills and critical consciousness Capacity: Finding and preparing teachers, in an era of standards and accountability, which seems to seek to “teacher proof” the curriculum • Connecting to Parents’ Conception of Education—which may be more traditional or instrumental (technical) • Reconciling with Standards and Accountability Demands

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