Detracking for excellence and equity /

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"In 1987, New York's suburban Rockville Centre School District faced the fact that its longstanding tracking system was resulting in unequal educational opportunities and allowing racial and socioeconomic stratification of its student population. School leaders embarked on an ambitious pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burris, Carol Corbett
Other Authors: Garrity, Delia T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, ©2008.
Subjects:
Track system (Education) > United States.
Ability grouping in education > United States.
Slow learning children > Education > United States.
Academic achievement > United States.
Educational equalization > United States.
Placement des élèves en groupes de niveaux > États-Unis.
Groupement par aptitudes (Éducation) > États-Unis.
Élèves à apprentissage lent > Éducation > États-Unis.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
Ability grouping in education
Academic achievement
Educational equalization
Slow learning children > Education
Track system (Education)
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • One District's story
  • What tracking is and how to start dismantling it
  • The curriculum process for leveling-up instruction
  • The politics of detracking
  • Professional development for equitable practices
  • Teaching and learning in the heterogeneous classroom
  • Maintaining the reform and pushing forward
  • The essentials for excellence with equity.

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