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    Chicago Public Schools

    1/1/06 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement,, Equity Alliance at ASU

    Chicago Public Schools plans to be the premier urban school district in the country by providing all their students and their families with high quality instruction, outstanding academic programs, and comprehensive student development supports to prepare them for the challenges of the world of tomorrow.

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    Clark County Public Schools

    1/1/06 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement,, Equity Alliance at ASU

    This publication is a review of policy, practices, systemic infrastructure, and improvement with Clark County Public Schools.

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    Denver Public Schools

    1/1/06 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement,, Equity Alliance at ASU

    This publication is a review of policy, practices, systemic infrastructure, and improvement with Denver Public Schools.

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    Facilitating transformation: A framework for culturally responsive cognitive coaching in schools

    1/1/09 - Mulligan, Elaine, Kozeski, Elizabeth B., Equity Alliance at ASU

    "This coaching framework provides the intent, structure, and processes for providing coaching support to participating NIUSI-LeadScape principals. NIUSI-LeadScape is a federally-funded grant project to support the transformative work of inclusive schools. This project works to provide school leaders with the tools, professional learning, and ongoing dialogue necessary to transform school practices so that all students have full access to educational opportunities. The NIUSI-LeadScape...

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    Hacienda La Puente Public Schools

    1/1/06 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement,, Equity Alliance at ASU

    This publication is a review of policy, practices, systemic infrastructure, and improvement with Hacienda La Puente Public Schools.

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    Logic Model for Whole School Special Education Reform

    1/1/05 - Elizabeth Kozleski, Equity Alliance at ASU

    This tool designed to be used by districts and schools directs conversation, planning, implementation and capacity development towards whole school reform and more inclusive school practices.

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    Miami-Dade Public Schools

    1/1/06 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement,, Equity Alliance at ASU

    This publication is a review of policy, practices, systemic infrastructure, and improvement with Miami-Dade Public Schools.

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    New York City Schools, District 75

    1/1/06 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement,, Equity Alliance at ASU

    This publication is a review of policy, practices, systemic infrastructure, and improvement with NYC Schools.

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    On Inclusion and the Other Kids: Here’s What Research Shows so Far About Inclusion’s Effect on Nondisabled Students

    1/1/05 - Deb Staub, Equity Alliance at ASU

    Inclusion is receiving lots of attention, both in school districts across the country and in the popular media. Most of that attention is focused on how inclusion affects the students with disabilities. But what about the students who don’t have disabilities?

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    On Infusing Disability Studies into the General Curriculum

    1/1/06 - Phil Ferguson, Equity Alliance at ASU

    Teachers and administrators are all familiar with the growing movement toward the inclusion of children with disabilities into general education classrooms. Discussions about how to do this, with which children, at what ages, and with what supports and structural reforms are happening in urban school districts across the country. As a result, there is an increasing amount of information and research about the “how and why” of inclusion. Indeed, some of that information is available from...

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    Practices for English Language Learners: An Overview of Instructional Practices for English-Language Learners:Prominent Themes and Future Directions

    1/1/01 - Russell Gersten , Scott Baker, Equity Alliance at ASU

    Anyone involved with schools — especially urban schools — knows firsthand how often discussions of bilingual education generate more heat than light. In such a politically charged context, it is often difficult to know where to look for up-to-date and fair summaries of what research is discovering about best practices. We think that the following review by Russell Gersten and Scott Baker brings some needed illumination to this controversial area. Our hope is that educators and...

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    Preventing DISPROPORTIONALITY by Strengthening District Policies and Procedures - An Assessment and Strategic Planning Process

    1/1/06 - Elizabeth Kozleski, Shelley Zion, Equity Alliance at ASU

    This tool is designed to guide the examination of LEA practices once data suggest that serious and inappropriate disproportionate referral, identification and placement of students who are culturally and linguistically diverse may be occurring.

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    Professional Learning for Culturally Responsive Teaching

    1/1/09 - Kathleen A. King, Alfredo J. Artiles, Elizabeth B. Kozleski, Equity Alliance at ASU

    Professional learning for culturally responsive teaching has the potential to address achievement gaps across ethnic groups and disproportionate representation in special education for students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. This Equity In Action has a twofold purpose: (a) to demonstrate the need for rethinking current approaches to professional learning and (b) to provide guidelines for professional learning for culturally responsive teaching, as well as...

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    Reconceptualizing Continuing Professional Development: A Framework for Planning

    1/1/06 - Diane L. Ferguson, Equity Alliance at ASU

    Teachers’ professional preparation, along with their working conditions, has been identified as fundamental to improving elementary and secondary education for the 21st Century (Darling-Hammond, 1997). A recent report by the National Center for Education Statistics (1997) reveals that many teachers are not adequately prepared for their teaching assignments even at initial licensure. This situation is worse in urban districts where significant numbers of teachers are not licensed, where...

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    A Call to Action: Transforming High School for all Youth

    1/1/05 - National High School Alliance,

    "In A Call to Action: Transforming High School for All Youth, the National High School Alliance identifies six core principles and recommended strategies that will foster high academic achievement, close the achievement gap, and promote civic and personal growth among all high-school-age youth in our high schools and communities. At the center of the framework is the Alliance’s belief that the purpose of high school is to ensure that all high-schoolage students are ready for college...

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    Arrested Development: Addressing the School Discipline Crisis in Florida

    1/1/06 - Florida State Conference NAACP,

    Arresting Development: Addressing the School Discipline Crisis in Florida reveals the findings of these public hearings, which were held in five cities and covered six school districts: Pinellas/Hillsborough (St. Petersburg, FL), Duval (Jacksonville, FL), Palm Beach (West Palm Beach, FL), Broward (Fort Lauderdale, FL), and Miami-Dade (Miami, FL). This report is intended to document the compelling and informative discussions that occurred among the hundreds of hearing participants—parents...

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