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Grantmakers for Education: Keeping Democracy s Promise Eighth Annual Conference

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Grantmakers for Education: Keeping Democracy s Promise Eighth Annual Conference

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    1. Warren Simmons Grantmakers for Education: Keeping Democracy’s Promise Eighth Annual Conference Concurrent Session: Creating a Positive Future for Black Boys Warren Simmons Executive Director, Annenberg Institute

    2. Warren Simmons Annenberg Institute for School Reform

    3. Warren Simmons I. AISR BACKGROUND INFORMATION

    4. Warren Simmons Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University Established in 1993 as part of the 500 million gift from Ambassador Annenberg. Circles of Work: -Redesigning School Districts, -Opportunity & Accountability, -Leadership, -Community-Centered Education Reform, Support for Multi-Site Education Reform Initiatives.

    5. Warren Simmons Multi-Site Education Reform Initiatives Schools for A New Society -- Carnegie/Gates (Boston, Providence, Worcester, Chattanooga, San Diego, Houston, Sacramento, San Diego also New York & Baltimore). MacArthur Teaching & Learning Partnership. Public Education Network (Teacher Quality, Standards & Accountability, Public Engagement). National League of Cities (Youth Education & Families Council).

    6. Warren Simmons II. Black Male Achievement and Education Reform

    7. Warren Simmons Urban Education Reform: Major Strategies and Investments STANDARDS-BASED SCHOOL & DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY STANADARDS BASED CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION SMALL SCHOOLS/LEARNING COMMUNITIES SCHOOL CHOICE EXTENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT EVIDENCE-BASED COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL REFORM DESIGNS MIXED-PROVIDER MODEL OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION

    8. Warren Simmons Working Examples: Schools for A New Society & The Learning Partnership

    9. Warren Simmons Schools for a New Society

    10. Warren Simmons Theory of Action

    11. Warren Simmons Major Equity Lenses & Levers Curriculum & Instruction Human Resources Fiscal Resources School Choice Accountability School Reform/Redesign District Reform/Redesign

    12. Warren Simmons Assumptions Guiding Major Approaches Achievement Gaps Among Black Males and others Based on Lack of: Technical Capacity (Knowledge, Skills); Fiscal Resources; Political Will; Organizational Capacity.

    13. Warren Simmons Necessary but Not Sufficient Elmore and others define teaching and learning as the interaction of students and teachers around content. This Interaction Occurs in a Context that is Inherently Social and Cultural, as well as Cognitive. Social and Cultural Dimensions of Teaching, Learning, and Schooling have been Marginalized. Lack of Evidence-Based Guidance to Support Differentiated Responses for Black Males and Other Groups Placed At Risk.

    14. Warren Simmons Student Voices LACK OF CLARITY ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO SUCCEED: GRADES, COMPLETE WORK, BEHAVE WELL. MANY FEEL NOT MUCH IS EXPECTED OF THEM. LITTLE SUPPORT FOR GRAPPLING WITH RACE, ETHNICITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION & OTHER SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES.

    15. Warren Simmons Educators’ Voices Not Clear What Good Instruction Looks Like. Not Clear how to Define & Support Needs of Black and Latino Males, English Language Learners.

    16. Warren Simmons What is Culture? A system of knowledge, beliefs, and values that a group uses to define, maintain, and advance its interests (economic, social, spiritual, aesthetic).

    17. Warren Simmons Cultural Features of Intelligence and Academic Achievement Valued Knowledge and Information; Valued Settings and Contexts; Valued Performances and Ways of Expressing Competence.

    18. Warren Simmons What is Context?

    19. Warren Simmons Cultural features of Academic Contexts for Black Males Stereotype Threat, Acting White, Academic Ambivalence -- Claude Steele, Ogbu & Fordham, Triesman, Cross. Cultural Salient Funds of Knowledge (Moll, Boykin, Delpit, Hilliard, Perry) Culturally Salient Performances (Boykin, Au, Gallimore, Perry Culturally Salient Structures and Policies (Christman, Gold, Solomon; Simmons & Grady)

    20. Warren Simmons Promising Practices Community as a Resource for Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment (Freedom Schools, Harlem Children’s Zone, El Puente, St. Hope) Facilitated Student Study and Research Groups (e.g., Noguera, McLaughlin, Triesman); Community-Based Academic Support Centers Visual and Performing Arts, Technology and Communication as Levers for Learning and Engagement; Community-Centered Education Reform (St. Hope, Harlem Children’s Zone, Mid South, Birmingham, El Paso)

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