Leadership

2017 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-73
Author(s):  
Joshua P. Starr
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Advanced Placement ◽  
Montgomery County ◽  
Advanced Placement Courses

Encouraging and allowing students to enroll in rigorous courses, such as Advanced Placement courses, is a critical first step in providing more equity in high schools. Leaders must deliberately and intentionally change the conditions that restrict access by rewriting the rules, examining the data, supporting students, teachers, and leaders and establishing accountability based on the idea that all students must have access to the highest academic levels a school offers. The author shares his experience as a superintendent in Stamford, Conn., and Montgomery County (Md.) Public Schools to show how these changes can occur and the differences they can make.

In Suburbia

2019 ◽  
pp. 94-114
Author(s):  
Chester E. Finn ◽  
Andrew E. Scanlan
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Advanced Placement ◽  
College Education ◽  
Montgomery County ◽  
High Status ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Deep Roots ◽  
Suburban School Districts ◽  
Suburban High Schools

This chapter explores the Advanced Placement (AP) program in suburban school districts. Even as urban centers like Fort Worth and New York typify today's livelier venues for AP expansion, the program has deep roots in the prosperous suburbs that abut them. Along with elite private schools, upscale suburban high schools were among the program's earliest adopters, and they remain natural habitats for a nationally benchmarked, high-status venture that gives strong students a head start on the college education that they are almost certainly going to get and perhaps an extra advantage in gaining admission to the universities they aspire to. Yet they are also ripe for attention as they struggle with equity and growth issues of their own. The chapter then reviews two well-known yet very different suburban districts: Dublin City Schools in Ohio and Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. Both are celebrated as education successes in their states and both boast long and impressive AP track records. Both, however, face distinctive challenges as they seek to serve today's constituents. Their stories illustrate how AP is functioning in places that know it well yet continue to evolve with it.

Where Are the African American Males? Enrollment Criteria and the Placement of African American Males in Advanced Placement Courses

2020 ◽  
pp. 004208592095913
Author(s):  
Danny Lackey ◽  
Kendra Lowery
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Advanced Placement ◽  
African American Males ◽  
African American Male ◽  
Advanced Placement Courses ◽  
Informal Practices ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Race Analysis

This qualitative study was a critical race analysis of Advanced Placement criteria and under-enrollment of African American males in two midwestern urban high schools. Analysis of faculty interviews and documents generated four themes. AP criteria and enrollment were implemented through formal and informal practices, and key roles of individual faculty and collaboration with faculty and families supported AP structures. However, assumptions about African American males, and color and gender-blind dialogue contributed to disproportionate African American male enrollment in AP courses.

An Approach to Mainstreaming Language-Disabled Children in the Elementary School

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-23
Author(s):  
Karen Navratil ◽  
Margie Petrasek
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Oral Language ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Montgomery County ◽  
Elementary School Age ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
General Goal ◽  
Resource Program

In 1972 a program was developed in Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland, to provide daily resource remediation to elementary school-age children with language handicaps. In accord with the Maryland’s guidelines for language and speech disabilities, the general goal of the program was to provide remediation that enabled children with language problems to increase their abilities in the comprehension or production of oral language. Although self-contained language classrooms and itinerant speech-language pathology programs existed, the resource program was designed to fill a gap in the continuum of services provided by the speech and language department.

New Advanced Placement Courses in Mathematics

1969 ◽  
Vol 76 (6) ◽  
pp. 686
Author(s):  
D. T. Finkbeiner ◽  
J. D. Neff
Keyword(s):  
Advanced Placement ◽  
Advanced Placement Courses

Beyond Posters and Pennants: College-Going Messaging at Three Racially and Economically Diverse Public Schools

2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (11) ◽  
pp. 1-42
Author(s):  
Melissa A. Martinez ◽  
Isaac Torres ◽  
Katherine Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
College Going ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
College Going Culture

Context It has been argued that high schools with a majority of students of color and from low-income backgrounds must be purposeful in fostering a college-going culture in order to address the challenges and inequities historically underserved students face in preparing for and accessing a higher education. However, what this looks and sounds like in practice is not always clear, leaving schools seeking common ground on how to create a college-going environment. Purpose Through a symbolic and ecological model of college readiness framework, the messaging associated with the college-going culture at three racially and economically diverse Texas high schools that had consistently high college ready graduate rates was examined. The research questions that guided the study included: What types of college-going culture messages are conveyed at the schools, and how? How might such messaging impact students, school staff and leaders? Research Design This study drew on data from a three-year, multi-site descriptive case study of three public high schools in different regions of Texas that all served approximately 50% or more of students with financial need and 72% to 97% students of color, specifically Latina/o and Black students. Data Collection and Analysis Data was collected during week-long, yearly visits to the three schools and included: school and district documents; individual and group semi-structured interviews with 194 individuals including administrators, teachers, support staff, students, parents, and community members; observations of common areas and classrooms; archival data; and researcher-derived documents including field notes, memos, and photographs of the school grounds and school activities. This paper primarily drew on the pictures taken of the schools (in hallways, classrooms, and shared spaces like cafeterias and libraries), field notes, memos, and interview data that specifically spoke to the visual and verbal messaging associated with the college-going culture. Analysis of data revealed six themes: college is a revered goal with many options; varying degrees of integration; support and resources are at your reach; think college and career; finding funding for college is vital; college is an individual and shared success. Conclusions This study's findings suggest the need to: reconsider what a strong college-going culture entails, re-envision college-going cultures as dynamic, multi-layered, and responsive, reframe postsecondary opportunities so they are more expansive and varied, and re-evaluate inequities in college-going messaging and academic rigor.

scholarly journals Advanced Placement Environmental Science and the Curriculum and Community Enterprise for Restoration Science (CCERS) Project in the New York City High School

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Lauren Birney ◽  
Denise McNamara
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Advanced Placement ◽  
York City ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
National Research Council ◽  
Field Station ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
Advanced Placement Courses ◽  
Oyster Restoration

This paper explores the issue of social justice through the lens of equitable access to Advanced Placement courses inthe City of New York High Schools, with focus on Advanced Placement Environmental Science. A criticalcomponent of the Advanced Placement Environmental Science course is the incorporation of environmentalfieldwork. The National Research Council (2014) suggest that field stations are important for STEM education andprovide opportunities to engage students in the natural environment and get them excited about science. Through theCurriculum and Community Enterprise for Restoration Science, an NSF funded opportunity, students in theAdvanced Placement Environmental Science course are integrating their field station work in Oyster Restoration inthe New York City Harbor. These interactions with the environment offer unique experiences which engagemarginalized students in both rigorous coursework and affords equity in science learning. In turn, it affords allstudents the opportunity for upward mobility and increased career opportunities in the area of STEM.

scholarly journals DAMPAK SISTEM ZONASI DALAM PERMENDIKBUD NO. 20 TAHUN 2019 DI KABUPATEN PAMEKASAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-347
Author(s):  
Mohammad Nurul Huda ◽  
Ach. Khoiri
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
High Schools ◽  
School Level ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Admission Process ◽  
New Students ◽  
The Many ◽  
Level Of Understanding ◽  
The Impact

Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture Number 20 of 2019 concerning Amendments to the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture Number 51 of 2018 concerning the Admission of New Students in Kindergartens, Elementary Schools, Junior High Schools, Senior High Schools, and Vocational High Schools is a guideline for public schools from kindergarten to high school level to implement the Zoning system for the admission process of new students.The purpose of this research is to find out and analyze the effectiveness of the enactment of the minister of education and culture regulation number 20 of 2019 for schools, students, and parents / guardians in Pamekasan. This research uses empirical methods or non-doctrinal research. This type of research was chosen because the subject of the research plan seeks to trace and study the impact of the enactment of the minister of education and culture regulation number 20 of 2019 for schools, students, and parents in Pamekasan.Of the 220 respondents, divided from teachers, parents / guardians and students, the results of the respondents' level of understanding of the Zoning system PPDB really understood. Schools disobedience to PPDB Zoning system are private schools and schools that are under the auspices of the Ministry of Religion. In addition, the ineffectiveness of the PPDB Zoning system in Pamekasan Regency is the result of the many educational institutions that are under the auspices of Islamic boarding schools.

The Role of Single-Sex Education in the Academic Engagement of College-Bound Women: A Multilevel Analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Linda J. Sax ◽  
Tiffani A. Riggers ◽  
M. Kevin Eagan
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Academic Engagement ◽  
Research Question ◽  
School Level ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Single Sex ◽  
Single Sex Education

Background/Context As opportunities for public and private single-sex education have expanded, the debate surrounding this issue has become more heated. Recent reviews of research on single-sex education have concluded that the evidence is mixed, due in large part to the difficulty of attributing differences between single-sex and coeducational students specifically to the single-sex nature of their experience, as opposed to other differences between single-sex and coeducational schools and their attendees. This study comes at a time of renewed national interest in the value and appropriateness of single-sex education, especially as changes to Title IX have expanded the opportunities to establish single-sex classes and activities, and contributes new data with a focus exclusively on the academic engagement of female students from single-sex and coeducational high schools. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study This study addresses whether levels of academic engagement differ between single-sex and coeducational settings. Research Design The study uses self-reported survey data and multilevel modeling to address secondary school-level effects in a national sample of women entering college. Findings/Results The analyses suggest that attendance at a single-sex high school remains a significant predictor of academic engagement even after controlling for the confounding role of student background characteristics, school-level features, and peer contexts within each school. Specifically, women attending all-girls high schools report higher levels of academic engagement across numerous fronts: studying individually or in groups, interacting with teachers, tutoring other students, and getting involved in student organizations. However, these results may also be attributed to other features that differentiate single-sex from coeducational schools, such as smaller enrollments and racial/ethnic diversity of the schools in this study. Conclusions/Recommendations Although the results of this study support the claims that all-female environments provide a unique opportunity for young women to thrive, these results should be interpreted with some caution. Because of the limitations of the study, it is difficult to make definitive inferences about the relationship between single-sex education and academic engagement, and we cannot assert with confidence that school gender alone is responsible for higher academic engagement. The study points the way for future research that further distinguishes the role of individual and school-level attributes and ideally examines this issue using longitudinal data. Finally, given the current expansion of single-sex education in the public schools, future research ought to employ these methodological advances in studies on single-sex public education and should consider the consequences of single-sex settings for both female and male students.

Fall from Grace

2020 ◽  
pp. 76-104
Author(s):  
John L. Rury
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Kansas City ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
Rural South ◽  
City School ◽  
White Families ◽  
Racial Change ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Municipal Boundaries

This chapter describes changes in the postwar era to the Kansas City, Missouri, public schools, which went from being considered the very best such local institutions to perhaps the worst. In the 1950s the Kansas City high schools were widely considered to be superior to their suburban counterparts, which were much smaller and offered fewer curricular and extramural options for students. As suburban districts expanded, however, these distinctions began to fade. At the same time, the arrival of large numbers of poor African Americans, most from the rural South, contributed to racial change in the schools. Thousands of white families moved to suburban districts, especially with the advent of desegregation plans in the 1970s. Research on school transfers revealed that most such “flight” headed to the south, remaining largely within the city's municipal boundaries. By 1980, the Kansas City school district's population had fallen dramatically, and only a tiny minority was white, making meaningful desegregation within the system impossible. Meanwhile, neighboring districts had grown enormously, serving an almost entirely white population. A new educational order had emerged.

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