Breaking Barriers by Stanley S Litow
Breaking Barriers shows how to redesign high schools so that all students can move on to college and successful careers. In a negation of the American Dream, a child's zip code is currently a far better predictor of success than hard work, intelligence, or resilience. This book tells the story of a school model that focuses on equity and works to prove that all young people can achieve academic excellence given the right support. P-TECH (Pathways in Technology Early College High School) combines public high schools and community colleges in partnership with employers, providing both opportunity and support for all students. This innovative and effective approach eliminates barriers to replication by engaging all stakeholders. The first P-TECH, which opened in a low-income Brooklyn neighborhood, is now a model for school reform. Praised by President Obama and heads of nations, its story is told through the voices of students who have shattered the myths about which students can succeed. Book Features: Describes a successful school reform model that is operating in 220 schools across 12 states and 14 countries. Demonstrates how engaging and involving all stakeholders in school reform creates partners instead of adversaries. Illustrates how success in a single school has become the linchpin behind a reform movement because the key barriers to replication were removed in its very design. Delves into thorny issues like the opportunity and achievement gaps, dismal college completion rates, college debt, income inequality, and the need for skilled, diverse STEM employees.
TINA KELLEY's other poetry books are Precise and The Gospel of Galore, winner of a 2003 Washington State Book Award. Her writing has appeared in The Best American Poetry 2009, Audubon, the Journal of the American Medical Association, Orion, People, Poetry Northwest, Poetry East, Southwest Review, and Prairie Schooner, and on the buses of Seattle, Washington. Abloom & Awry's title poem won the 2014 New Jersey Poets Prize. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780807765586 |
| ISBN 10 | 0807765589 |
| Titel | Breaking Barriers |
| Autor | Stanley S Litow |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Teachers' College Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2021-06-30 |
| Seitenanzahl | 216 |
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