{"product_id":"an-agenda-for-equity-responding-to-the-needs-of-diverse-learners-9781610487245","title":"An Agenda for Equity: Responding to the Needs of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe vast numbers of new educational policies, programs, and practices being implemented as educational reform in American public schools have not been analyzed for short or long-term effectiveness or impact on students and their learning.  Not only are conditions for many learners still a concern, new information about conditions for students who are not under-performing informs us that they are falling short of the desired mark.  This calls for expert educators, researchers, school leaders, teachers, families, students, and interested others to determine the degree to which policies and practices have a positive impact on student outcomes, and the aims of public education.    Using Response to Intervention as an innovative model, An Agenda for Equity contributes to filling the void by analyzing the essence of educational reforms for increasing enduring, equitable effectiveness, and improving conditions and teaching and learning for both teachers and students.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Agenda for Equity: Responding to the Needs of Diverse Learners examines how a successful school improvement process must address teaching and learning from the perspective of our students. The book provides a pathway from a series of disjointed school improvement initiatives to an evaluative process that can impact the outcomes of public education for each student. The book is philosophical yet practical; reflective yet vigorous and guides the reader from planning through practice. It changes our journey from the static 'one size fits all' approach to one of actively examining school data; providing targeted and appropriate instruction; and engaging and supporting each student to achieve maximum learning. -- Judith Richardson, Director, Diversity, Equity, and Urban Initiatives, NASSP\u003cbr\u003eThis is a thought provoking treatise by an experienced educator who chronicles the past twenty years of public education in trying to include diverse  and lower income students in the race toward success in their endeavors. The author has taught, led and advised on the topic she now writes about. From her rich experience comes this book chronicling her ideas on the subject.\u003cbr\u003eThis is an important book which conscientiously addresses the need for effectively educating all students by using Response to Intervention strategies. I highly recommend Dr. Smith-Collins’ book for use by all educators including those primarily concerned with minority and gifted students. This rigorous and humanistic approach to teaching all students should have a profound effect upon improving the current state of the public schools by helping students to attain their maximum achievement levels. -- Maurice D. Fisher, Ph.D., Publisher, Gifted Education Press and Gifted Education Press Quarterly\u003cbr\u003eIn An Agenda for Equity, Searetha Smith-Collins lays out a thoughtful case for why merely 'sprinkling magic dust' on a system that uses 'random-act approaches' to educating students well, will not miraculously transform that  system into one that meets the needs of all students. She shows that the path to  equity involves addressing the educational system’s logical, historical, and evidence-based errors in ways that expand the capacity of educators, and refine the nature of classrooms and schools through the ever more-precise use of data matched to appropriate innovations, interventions, and responses. -- Mark E. Weston, Ph.D is the co-author of The Learning Edge: What Technology Can Do to Educate All Children\u003cbr\u003eDr. Smith-Collins is a distinguished scholar\/practitioner who has adeptly captured the essence of what it takes for parents, policy makers, leaders, and on-line practitioners to make significant differences in the lives of children for whom they are responsible. An Agenda for Equity: Responding to the Needs of Diverse Learners is a timely and thought provoking book that should not only be read but practiced. -- Jim Hager, Ph.D\u003cbr\u003eSearetha Smith-Collins gets right to heart of things. She has written a courageous book that highlights innovation in teaching and learning for social justice. Infused with hope, her ideas will prompt deep change for the sake of our most challenged students. -- Margaret Grogan, Professor and Dean,School of Educational Studies, Claremont Graduate University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Preface                                                                             6   Introduction 12   Chapter 1:  Identifying the Need    The Optimal Mix: Responding to the Needs of Students 25    From Parts to Whole 30     Revisiting Past Practice            33    Chapter 2 Understanding the Need Delving Deeper into  Response to Intervention 42 Adoption Trends                                                                                        44      The Promise of RtI   Chapter 3: A Glance into the “Regular” Classroom             52       Sharpening the Focus 53       Teacher Assessment 56       Leadership Matters 59   Chapter 4:  Meeting the Need    Promising Practices     Snapshot:  High School  63     Snapshot:  National\/State Pre-K Network              70     Snapshot:  School District  71     Snapshot:  An Affective Model                                      77     Snapshot:  RtI and Gifted Education              79   Chapter 5:  The Black Male Agenda     An Out-of-School Snapshot:  The Bridge   84     Expanding the Agenda:  Building a New System                                        87     of Opportunity for Youth     Implications for Today                                                                                 93   Chapter 6: Assessing the Outcomes                                                               97     National Outcomes (Academic)                           98     National Outcomes (Behavioral)   99     Measuring Success                                                                                       100   Chapter 7:  The Learning Target     Teach, Test, and Hope for the Best               102     Moving from Random Acts of Curriculum and Instruction   105     Common Language, Common Mission                                              107     Optimizing Curriculum for All  109                                                     Fitting the Pieces Together                           112     The Design Process   114     Curriculum Architects   116     Deeper Levels of Knowledge and Thinking                                                 119   Chapter 8:  Avoiding Struggles and Pitfalls   122       Refining the Plan                                                                            123       Evaluating the Impact and Results                                                             124       Planning to Make Change Happen:  The Payoff                                        126       Unexpected Outcomes       127   Chapter 9:  Queries and Opportunities                                                         133             Recommendations                                                                                      134     Chapter 10:  Transitioning to Schools of the Future                                    144           Teaching This Generation of Students                                                      148           The Moral Imperative                                                                                150        Chapter 11: Understanding the Landscape         Lessons Learned: Bringing Order to the Potential of Chaos     153         Parallel Modeling                                                        155   Chapter 12:  Meet the Kids     161         The Beginning of Shortcomings     164         A Recipe for Potential                                                                                166         Final Thoughts                                                                                            172   References      174   Appendix:   Resources                            A Curriculum\/RtI Framework Design Tool      179  ","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041672036695,"sku":"9781610487245","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781610487245.jpg?v=1750951242","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/an-agenda-for-equity-responding-to-the-needs-of-diverse-learners-9781610487245","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}