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Report: Turning Around, Transforming, and Continuously Improving Schools: Federal Proposals are Still Based on a Two- Rather than a Three- Component Blueprint

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POLICY, nclb, REFORM, LEADERSHIP, systemic change

Areas

FEDERAL:equitable resources development and distribution

Authors

Center for Mental Health in Schools,

Published

2010

Abstract

"We begin our analysis with a discussion of the lenses through which systemic problems are viewed by federal policy makers and use the school turnaround models to illustrate the dilemma confronting efforts to enable equity of opportunity. Then, we broaden the analysis to include current priorities for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as outlined in the U. S. Department of Education’s A Blueprint for Reform. Our findings highlight the ongoing marginalization of practices for directly addressing barriers to learning and teaching and re-engaging disconnected students"

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