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Professional Communities and the Work of High School Teaching

By: Milbrey W. McLaughlin,Joan E. Talbert

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Professional Communities and the Work of High School Teaching

By: Milbrey W. McLaughlin,Joan E. Talbert

American high schools have never been under more pressure to reform: student populations are more diverse than ever, resources are limited, and teachers are expected to teach to high standards for all students. While many reformers look for change at the state or district level, the authors here argue that the most local contexts—schools, departments, and communities—matter the most to how well teachers perform in the classroom and how satisfied they are professionally. Their findings—based on one of the most extensive research projects ever done on secondary teaching—show that departmental cultures play a crucial role in classroom settings and expectations. In the same school, for example, social studies teachers described their students as "apathetic and unwilling to work," while English teachers described the same students as "bright, interesting, and energetic." With wide-ranging implications for educational practice and policy, this unprecedented look into teacher communities is essential reading for educators, administrators, and all those concerned with U. S. High Schools.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226500705

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9780226500706

Building School-based Teacher Learning Communities

Professional Strategies to Improve Student Achievement

By: Milbrey Wallin McLaughlin,Joan E. Talbert

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Building School-based Teacher Learning Communities

Professional Strategies to Improve Student Achievement

By: Milbrey Wallin McLaughlin,Joan E. Talbert

Building on evidence that school-based teacher learning communities improve student outcomes, this book lays out an agenda to develop and sustain collaborative professional cultures. It provides an inside look at the processes, resources, and system strategies that are necessary to build vibrant school-based teacher learning communities.

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162

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Teachers College Press

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0807746797

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9780807746790

Identity and Inner-City Youth

By: Shirley Brice Heath,Milbrey McLaughlin

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Identity and Inner-City Youth

By: Shirley Brice Heath,Milbrey McLaughlin

What do effective youth organizations offer inner-city youngsters that schools do not? This book suggests that educators can learn much from inner-city social and youth organizations, which reach at-risk youngsters by developing a sense of family that many of them fail to get at home. Addressing a variety of issues—collaboration across organizations, the role of gangs in social control, the historical roles of ethnicity and gender in youth organizations—Heath and McLaughlin describe frames for identity that extend beyond ethnicity and gender.

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388

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Teachers College Press

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0807776106

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9780807776100

Between Movement and Establishment

Organizations Advocating for Youth

By: Milbrey W. McLaughlin,W. Richard Scott,Sarah N. Deschenes,Kathryn C. Hopkins,Anne Newman

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Between Movement and Establishment

Organizations Advocating for Youth

By: Milbrey W. McLaughlin,W. Richard Scott,Sarah N. Deschenes,Kathryn C. Hopkins,Anne Newman

This pathbreaking book examines the strategies, successes, and challenges of youth advocacy organizations, highlighting the importance of local contexts for these efforts. Working between social movements and the political establishment, these organizations occupy a special niche in American politics and civil society. They use their position to change local agendas for youth and public perceptions of youth, and work to strengthen local community support systems. Between Movement and Establishment describes how youth advocacy organizations affect change in a fragmented urban policy environment. It considers the different constituencies that organizations target, including public officials and policies, specific service sectors, and community members, and looks at the multiple tactics advocates employ to advance their reform agendas, such as political campaigns, accountability measures, building civic capacity, research, and policy formation. This work further examines the importance of historical, organizational, and political contexts in explaining the strategies, actions, and consequences of advocacy organizations' efforts at the local level, bringing to light what is effective and why.

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329

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Stanford University Press

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0804776296

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9780804776295

You Can't be what You Can't See

The Power of Opportunity to Change Young Lives

By: Milbrey Wallin McLaughlin

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You Can't be what You Can't See

The Power of Opportunity to Change Young Lives

By: Milbrey Wallin McLaughlin

You Can't Be What You Can't See presents a rare longitudinal account of the benefits of a high-quality, out-of-school program on the life trajectories of hundreds of poor, African American youth who grew up in Chicago's notorious Cabrini-Green housing project in the 1980s and early '90s. The book documents what happened to more than 700 youth two decades after they attended the Community Youth Creative Learning Experience (CYCLE), a comprehensive after-school program offering tutoring, enrichment, scholarships, summer camps, and more. Milbrey W. McLaughlin offers critical lessons for policy makers, educators, community activists, funders, and others interested in learning what makes a youth organization effective for low-income, marginalized children. "This engaging volume provides an inside-out account of an effective youth development program, delineating and describing the key ingredients that led to success: exposure, mentoring, and true community. McLaughlin offers her seasoned and insightful analysis while allowing readers to hear the authentic voices of the program's staff, volunteers, participants, and donors--a true epiphany." --Jane Quinn, vice president for community schools and director, National Center for Community Schools, Children's Aid, New York City "Based on a thirty-year follow-up of an exemplary program serving youth living in poverty, McLaughlin reveals how program practices led to eye-opening outcomes in education and employment. The book provides a compelling argument for the value of positive youth development programs targeted at adolescents." --Barton J. Hirsch, professor of human development and social policy, Northwestern University "What does is it take to change the odds? You Can't Be What You Can't See shows us the dramatic difference a high-quality youth organization can make. As a movement is taking hold across the country to promote the quality of environments for learning and engagement, the life stories of CYCLE's alums illuminate and inspire." --Merita Irby, cofounder, The Forum for Youth Investment Milbrey W. McLaughlin is the David Jacks Professor Emeritus of Education and Public Policy at Stanford University, and the founding director of the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities.

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168253152X

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9781682531525

Book's by Milbrey W. McLaughlin

Professional Communities and the Work of High School Teaching

Professional Communities and the Work of High School Teaching

Building School-based Teacher Learning Communities

Building School-based Teacher Learning Communities

Identity and Inner-City Youth

Identity and Inner-City Youth

Between Movement and Establishment

Between Movement and Establishment

You Can't be what You Can't See

You Can't be what You Can't See

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