Educate America:
A Call for Equity in School Reform
Table of Contents
- Educate America - Title Page
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Executive Summary
- Changing Mainstream Education
- A New "Mainstream"
- A New Goal: Equity in Excellence
- The Schools We Want
- Organization and Management
- Curriculum
- Instructional Strategies and Classroom Management
- The Challenge
- Opportunity to Learn Standards
- School Finance
- The Nature of the Problem
- Equity vs. Equality
- Aligning Federal and State Efforts
- Family Empowerment
- Parenting Education Programs
- Early Childhood Education
- Collaborative Services
- Empowerment Through Leadership and Team Development
- Barriers and Impact Points
- Preparing Teachers for the New Mainstream: Pre-Service
Preparation
- The State of Teacher Education
- Teaching in Settings of Diversity
- New Directions for Teacher Preparation
- Conclusions
- Preparing Teachers for the New Mainstream: Inservice Training and
Development
- Professional Development: The Why and How of Funding
- School Control Over Staff Development Resources
- Building Capacity to Support Innovation
- Research and Development in Support of Professional
Development
- Conclusion
- Student Assessment and Testing
- Standardized Testing and At-Risk Students
- Alternatives
- Testing and Systemic Reform
- Criteria for Assessment Recommendations
- Conclusion
- Recommendations
- Principles of Equity in Education
- Federal Actions
- State Actions
- Local Education Agency Actions
- Conclusion
- References
- National Coalition of Educational Equity Advocates Support
Groups
- Steering Committee
- Writing and Editing Committees
- Endorsements of Educate America
- Desegregation Assistance Centers
- Authors and Editors