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Going Beyond the Book:

Explore the unequal distribution of resources in California schools post Williams v. State of California case. Delve into the impact on urban students' access to technology, textbooks, and educational opportunities.

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Going Beyond the Book:

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  1. Going Beyond the Book: Redefining “Adequate” Resources in Public Schools Presented by… C.R.E.A.M. TEAM

  2. Research Question • Thesis • Methods • Context • Williams v. State of California • Definition of resources • Claims • Implications • Recommendations Presentation Overview

  3. What learning resources do all stake holders in education believe every student needs in order to receive a high quality education? Who is entitled to these resources? Does every student have access to these defined resources? How are communities resisting the unequal distribution of resources? Research Question

  4. Since the Williams case, all schools in California have been receiving an inadequate education. Students don’t have the learning resources in order to become internationally competitive. We argue that students from urban schools are being more affected by this lack of useful and effective human resources, up-to-date technology and textbooks, and service-learning opportunities in their communities. Thesis

  5. Quantitative Qualitative • Surveys • Beverly Hills High • Manual Arts High • Crenshaw High • Los Angeles High • Statistical Analysis • College Opportunity Ratio • Adequate Yearly Progress • Academic Performance Index Interviews • Video and audio recordings & Pictures • Field notes from school visits • Personal experiences Methods

  6. FromFIRSTtoWORST…

  7. Complaints Settlement • Unsafe & Unhealthy Facility Conditions • For schools to be clean and safe • Teacher Vacancies and Misassignments • Assuring we have qualified teachers • Instructional Materials • Textbooks • Technology • AB 550 • Sufficient textbooks or instructional materials • “each pupil, including English learners, has a textbook or instructional materials, or both, to use in class and to take home to complete required homework assignments” (AB 550, 18;ECS 60119) Williams v. State of CA

  8. Resources

  9. Material Resources Students have access to technology and textbooks that are out-dated and don’t prepare them for society and academic excellence.

  10. “The pattern of inequalities is similar across all types of communication and information technologies…problem goes…to a more fundamental social stratification problem (Norris 2001).” My school has enough technology available to students.

  11. “ Our classroom computers are about 8 years old, they don’t work.” • Ben Gertner, Principal of the School of Communication, New Media, and Technology “We have computers, [but] I can’t say they are all good computers.” -Brandi from Crenshaw Senior High

  12. “…We have our textbooks, but … they are old, I don’t want to read a book from like 1991 I feel books need to be updated...” -Rodney from Westchester High

  13. API (ED Data 2010)

  14. AYP (ED Data 2010)

  15. “Progress in equalizing resources to students will require attention to inequalities at all levels .… State funding should be allocated to students…for specific student needs, such as poverty, limitedEnglish proficiency, or special educationstatus ….. so that districts can afford to hire competentteachersand provide reasonable class sizes and pupil loads (Darling-Hammond, 2007).” Global Competitiveness

  16. Human Resources The human resources at urban school sites are not properly supported to provide the most effective learning opportunities for their students.

  17. “ You get the work andthey don’t teach it to you…you just do it” - Josh, Student “Many of the professional developments that are offered to us are ineffective, a waste of time…the only reason we go to these things is because we get paid to be there.” – O’Donnel, Teacher “GOODprofessional developments to help teachers get ideas on how to make a class more engaging and what types of technology and how to use that technology” - Caputo-Pearl,Teacher “Our teachers haven't gotten enough training to use the technology. A lot of our teachers are still kind of afraid of computers,they don’t even know how to use e-mail” -Gertner, Asst. Principal Professional Development

  18. “Yeah I need more teachers, that’s it…. if I had more helpthe kids are going to start to learn how to read faster, and they wont drop out, they would stay in school, that’s the problem right now” - Barzin, Crenshaw ELL coordinator “Well, I think it is going well, but I think they should teach us in more advanced classes” - ELL Crenshaw student Understaffed

  19. (UCLA/IDEA 2009)

  20. “Because there is only one of me, I am basically overseeing the whole school, but right now our primary focus are the 12 graders and we work our way down” • Gibson, College counselor at Manual Arts Increase in counselor ratios to 1,000 students per counselorat the middle school level and 800 students per counselor at the high school level(LAUSD 2010) Understaffed

  21. College Opportunity Ratio (COR) (UCLA/IDEA 2009)

  22. Community Resources Students often seek resources and learning opportunities outside of their schools.

  23. “Community cultural wealth is an array of knowledge, skills, abilities, and contactspossessed and utilized by the communities of color to survive and resistmacro and micro-forms oppression (Yosso 2005).” Community Cultural Wealth Theory

  24. The Value of Youth Centers

  25. Programs: • Academic • Music • Digital Film Making • Job Development • Case Management • Counseling “I think that a lot of the schools neglect the culture of the students.” - Rueben, PYFC “We have our own computer lab through out the center.” -Alex, PYFC Pico Youth and Family Center

  26. Continuation High School Resource Center “On August 8th, we are going to Sacramento to protest for the rights of student that are caught up in the [prison] system.” - Semaj, YJC student “if it wasn’t forChuco’s, I would probably be a stay at home mom on welfare watching soap operas.” - Crystal,programcoordinator. Chuco’s: Youth Justice Coalition

  27. “…It is part of the budget negotiation, because we’ve got to give every child in this state equal opportunities, equal education, equal learning materials, equal books, equal everything.” -Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2004

  28. Why the long wait?

  29. Assembly Senate Where are the legislators?

  30. Urban schools do not have the resourcesfor students to become internationally competitive Decreased opportunitiesfor academic growth and civic agency A dynamic education is a RIGHT, not a PRIVILEGE Implications:

  31. For VOTERS: • Get registered @ DMV or Post-office NO YES PROP 25 PROP 26 • For LEGISLATORS & POLITICIANS: • Do your Job!! • End Recess, get to work, and get the budget passed! Our Recommendations:

  32. For LAUSD: • Go to the state superintendent, Jack O’Connell, tell him about our research, and DEMAND updated books and technology for all our schools • For Admin: • Send out multi-lingual newsletters, showing how much funding your school is getting and where it is going • For TEACHERS: • Develop and lead your own professional developments • Listen to your students!! Our Recommendations:

  33. For PARENTS: • Go to your child’s parent centers @ their schools • Ask your child how their day went and what they learned in school • For YOUNG PEOPLE: • Get involved!! • Pico Youth & Family Center: • Contact Alex • picoyouth@gmail.com • Chuco’s: Youth Justice Coalition: Contact Ernie • freelanow@yahoo.com Our Recommendations:

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