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Multidisciplinary Faculty Seminar: Additional Reading
Thursday, April 13 2006 (Series Seminar Two of Three)
"Great Schools for Learning: How to Know One When You See It"
Deborah Stipek, Dean of the School of Education, I. James Quillen Dean and Professor of Education
Opinions on the qualities of effective schools abound, but good schools have some qualities in common. In this talk, the dean of Stanford's School of Education will discuss research on the characteristics of schools that promote deep engagement and learning and on the changes in the work of teachers and administrators that will be needed to improve education in this country. She will lead you through a hypothetical school visit, suggesting what to look for and questions to ask.
Selected Articles
Additional reading material has been selected by Jackson Library Staff. Due to contractual arrangements, remote access is only available to the current Stanford community and the subscribers of the "Library Databases" offered through the GSB Alumni's Lifelong Learning Program. Other access is limited to onsite at Jackson Library. Inclusion below does not imply University endorsement of ideas expressed.
A new way of judging how well schools are doing. Seattle Times, August 2005
At a time when national leaders have declared a crisis in public education, sophisticated measurement tools now offer another way to look at how effective schools are at raising student achievement over time.
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California's K-12 Public Schools How Are They Doing? Rand Corporation, May 2005
As recently as the 1970s, California's public schools were reputed to be excellent. But more recently, critics have voiced concern that California's schools had slipped in quality and that they were no longer performing as well as they did previously or as well as schools in other states.
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Bush education law transforming schools. Christian Science Monitor, June 2004
The No Child Left Behind law shines a bright light on the students who aren't making the grade. For the first time, the federal government is enforcing a
requirement that all public-school students be tested annually in core subjects. For the first time, the students in each racial, ethnic, and income subgroup are expected to show results. And for the first time, schools face the prospect of losing federal funding if those results aren't there.
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Romancing the Child. Hoover Institution, 2001
The Disney Corporation's Celebration School sounded like yet another fairy tale from the creators of the Little Mermaid and the Lion King. It was supposed to be the ideal school, set in Disney's newly created Florida community, Celebration.
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Selected Books
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Becoming Good American Schools |
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Why Is It So Hard to Get Good Schools? |
Selected Websites
Engaging Schools: Fostering High School Students' Motivation to Learn