| Description |
1 online resource (153 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Advance Praise for Disrupting Disruption -- Disrupting Disruption -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Disruption versus Steady Work -- 1. Union, OK: A Culture of "Us" -- Early Edge -- STEM for All -- Arts and Sports-Everyone Participates -- Linking School and Community -- Treating High School Students as Adults -- Evidence Drives Decision-Making -- Building Trust Is Everyone's Job -- Doing Well by Doing Good -- The "Union Way" -- 2. Union City, NJ: Learning America -- From Worst to (Almost) First -- The Sandbox Investment -- Learning the Language, Learning America |
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Mapping Backward -- Building a Model STEM Program -- The System Is the Star -- The Key Role of Coaching -- Data Rules -- The Ties That Bind -- What's Next? -- 3. Roanoke, VA: "The Whole Child" Is More Than a Cliché -- The Turnaround -- Seeding Success Early -- Confronting "Summer Slide" -- A Cornucopia of Choices -- Bringing Newcomers into the Mainstream -- Connecting with the Community -- Attending to Trauma -- A Custom-Made Education for Potential Dropouts -- Focusing on College and Career -- Getting Better All the Time -- 4. The COVID Stress Test -- Conclusion: Slow and Steady Wins the Race |
| Summary |
In Disrupting Disruption, David Kirp and his coauthors look closely at three school districts in Oklahoma, New Jersey, and Virginia that have overcome the fragmentation, isolation, and lost learning opportunities of the public school system. They tell three compelling stories, buttressed by solid research, of how seemingly ordinary school districts, where White students don't constitute a majority and many students come from low-income families, have dramatically boosted graduation rates and closed the opportunity gap. As they show, every school system can and should do as well through steady |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Notes -- Index |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wechsler, Marjorie
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Gardner, Madelyn
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Ali, Titilayo Tinubu
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| ISBN |
9780197652015 |
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0197652018 |
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