1. 126 Announcements Final Exam is on CREATE Website (save a tree): Project Information:Today in Class –Halat Qadir-Iraq & US Education Today in CREATE at 4:00 –Group #33: Sociological Themes in The Blind Side Thursday June 3 In Class Angineh Torosiyan & Coral Leidke - Iran, US & Germany Devalin Jackson-The Relevance of HCBUs

2. Project Information-con’t June 8 –In CREATE –1:30: Jalin Patel: The Value of AP –1:50 Tina Kim: Education in Korea –In CH 113 –3:00: Group 21: Education in Mexico –3:20: Group 35: Teacher Preparation June 8 th (con’t) –3:40: Ernest & Cazarez: Narratives in Textbooks –4:00 Craig Curry Consequences of Math Instruction Changes –4:20: Group 32: Class Differences in Parent Involvement

3. Preuss/Gompers Theory of Action Cultural –GCMS: “Culture Camp” to instill common high expectations, predictability –College teams –signs, banners, uniforms to signal “college going culture” –UCSD students serve as tutors, role models

4. Preuss/Gompers Theory of Action Political –UCSD: Contentious debate led to CREATE & Preuss –Gompers: Also contentious: Activist parents + Sup’t + community groups led to charter

5. Other Local Innovations: HTH, KIPP Range of academic calendar (zero periods, contracts, periods of varying, longer school year) Local personnel decisions Embed teacher professional development in school day Project based learning (hands-on, tie students’ experience to disciplinary concepts) Range of assessments—not just standardized tests— including portfolios, exhibitions HTH: offers teaching credential!

6. EVIDENCE @ CLAIM that SD Charters ImprovePerformance Preuss: 4-year College Enrollment –2004: 80% (N=55) –2005: 84% (N=75) –20O6: 78% (N=87) –2007: 87% (N=78) –2008: 87% (N=87) –2009: 93% (N=93) Preuss: State-wide Tests (API) –2004: 2nd in County (844) –2005: 1st in County (861) –2006: 2nd in County (879) –2007: 1st in County (877) –2008: 1st in County (881) –2009: 1 st in County (894) GCMS

7. EVIDENCE @ CLAIM that SD Charters ImprovePerformance School2007API2008API Preuss877881 HiTechHi807785 SDHS IB783800 SDHSLEADS637717 C’fordIDEA570573 Hoover562578 Lincolnn/a540

8. EVIDENCE @ CLAIM that SD Charters ImprovePerformance School2007API2008API Preuss877881 TorreyPines852849 La Jolla Hi829818 HiTechHi807785 Scripps 785820 Pt Loma672709

9. Summary Local Charters have better record than US average: –Bureaucracy –Competition –Student achievement –Educate all students? Or promote more segregation?

10. Topic 11: The Future Today: A resurgent democratic vision? Thursday: A new, virtual classroom?

11. Democratic Function Technical Function 17871865 1983 Functions of Education In Historical Context The Course at a Glance Today Critique Agricultural Economy Industrial Economy Information Economy?

12. A Resurgent Democratic Vision? Freire’s Democratic Vision--Purpose of Education –The development of a critical consciousness; especially for the under class –Social Justice curriculum –Adult literacy built on politically charged language Severe Critique of conventional education, which he calls the “Banking Model”

13. Democratic Vision as Local Governance Local control over educational decisions: –curriculum, –budgets, –employment Students, teachers, and parents involved in decision making (e. g: the redesign of Gompers Charter Middle School)

14. Democracy in Curriculum and Instruction Topics: important curricular concerns in natural sciences and social sciences Activated by students real questions and real-world experiences (Dewey): Voter registration, Location of land fills, Pollution Budget fallout: firing teachers Firing Ranges/ROTC Instruction: Project based, thematic, collaborative, Inquiry as problem solving

15. Evaluation Not content with any single measure, but especially not just quick-answer standardized tests Calls for multiple measures, including: –Exhibitions –Portfolios –Examples: Central Park East, High Tech High, Preuss

16. Challenges “Social Justice” curriculum is unAmerican (Manzo) Tension between developing students’ skills and critical consciousness Capacity: Finding and preparing teachers, in an era of standards and accountability, which seems to seek to “teacher proof” the curriculum Connecting to Parents’ Conception of Education—which may be more traditional or instrumental (technical) Reconciling with Standards and Accountability Demands