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| Subject | CES e-ssential NEWS * * * Fall 2006 |
| From Email Address | news@essentialschools.org |
| Test Email Address | bbradshaw@essentialschools.org,jdavidson@essentialschools.org; jill.davidson@gmail.com |
| Send as HTML? | no |
| Date Sent | 11/21/2006 |
| Message: | E-ssential News Blast Fall 2006
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1. Fall Forum 2006 Recap
2. New Small Schools Launching in 2006
3. See How! EssentialVisions DVD 2: Student Achievement
4. Horace Volume 23 Call for Submissions
5. The Theodore R. Sizer Dissertation Scholars Grant Program
6. CES Wants You! Job Postings
7. In Common Call for Submissions
8. The Essential Blog: You Blog!
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1. FALL FORUM 2006 RECAP
In early November 2006, the CES network gathered in Chicago for the 20th annual Fall Forum, "Many Voices, Common Principles: The Power to Transform." Over 1,400 people attended from 39 states and six countries. Attendees visited Chicago schools, participated in day-long pre-conference sessions, heard from practitioners, scholars, and other speakers, and engaged in conversations around the conference theme and the CES Common Principles in workshops and through informal networking.
Young people’s leadership in school transformation occupied a central role at this year’s Fall Forum, including the Youth Forum, a day-long student-led collaborative session on youth and school transformation. All Fall Forum attendees received the latest issue of Horace, “Students as Leaders: Essential School Students on Education and Activism,” featuring essays by 17 Essential school students on the role of young people in the transformation of schools. Over 50 workshops throughout the weekend featured student facilitators.
The conference featured over 250 sessions led by teachers, students, school leaders, researchers, and educational consultants from all over the country and abroad. Some highlights included inspiring opening remarks from CES founder Ted Sizer, followed by writer and speaker Margaret Wheatley with thoughts on the powerful transformative potential of human connections. Other featured speakers included Reverend Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. on educational equity, the conveners of the Forum for Education and Democracy on No Child Left Behind, Jesus ("Chuy") Garcia and colleagues on the struggle for Chicago’s Little Village High School, a panel of Chicago area education leaders on the dilemmas of urban school reform, United Federation of Teachers’ president Randi Weingarten on engaging unions to drive school transformation, and a panel of six CES alumni on the meaning and legacy of their Essential school educations.
Mark your calendars now for Fall Forum 2007! We hope to see you in Denver, CO, November 8-10, 2007.
2. NEW SMALL SCHOOLS LAUNCHING IN 2006
The next generation of CES schools is here!
This past fall, eight new high schools launched through the CES Small Schools Network opened their doors. Three of these schools are new small schools created from the ground up. The remaining five are small schools that grow out of the conversion of a large comprehensive high school. These schools will join over 35 other exemplary schools in the CES Small Schools Network and will continue to receive mentoring and ongoing professional development to support their growth and success.
The following are new small schools launching in 2006:
• Connections Public Charter School (Hilo, HI)
• Memphis City New Small High School (Memphis, TN)
• Metro High School (Columbus, OH)
• The Renaissance School at Olympic (Charlotte, NC)
• School of Biotechnology, Health, and Public Administration at Olympic (Charlotte, NC)
• School of International Business and Communications Studies at Olympic (Charlotte, NC)
• School of International Studies and Global Economics at Olympic (Charlotte, NC)
• School of Math, Engineering, Technology, and Science at Olympic (Charlotte, NC)
For more information on these schools and the Small Schools Project, visit http://www.essentialschools.org/pub/ces_docs/ssp/ssp.html
3. SEE HOW! ESSENTIALVISIONS DVD 2: STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
EssentialVisions DVD 2: Student Achievement is now available at the CES on-line store
Look inside today's most successful small schools to view features of four Common Principles – Learning to Use One's Mind Well, Commitment to the Entire School, Personalization, and Demonstration of Mastery – in action.
Purchase DVD 2: Student Achievement and DVD 1: Classroom Practice for $40.00 per DVD at www.essentialschools.org.
4. HORACE VOLUME 23 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
CES’s quarterly journal Horace seeks contributions from CES network educators, students, family and community members, researchers, coaches and others on the following themes and essential questions:
Exhibitions – What are the varied ways that exhibitions are a part of teaching and learning in Essential schools, and how can Essential schools contribute to the national dialogue about assessment in the current NCLB era? Does the way we use performance-based assessment point to a possible wide-scale assessment model for the future? (submissions due December 29, 2006)
Elementary schools - What defines a CES elementary school? What do the Common Principles look and feel like in elementary schools? (submissions due February 9, 2006)
Mathematics – What are the advantages and challenges of “less is more” in mathematics? What’s happening now in Essential school math instruction? (submissions due May 18, 2006)
Transformations – How do communities interrupt the status quo and create the conditions for transformed schools? And how do those transformed schools – and their larger environments – sustain and evolve as student-centered, collaborative, academically challenging and equitable places of learning? (Submissions due August 24, 2006)
If you are interested in contributing original writing, or if you believe your school community or one with which you’re familiar has a story to tell and want CES National to know about it, please contact Publications Director and Horace editor Jill Davidson to discuss next steps. We can determine the form your contribution can take. Be in touch if you’re interested: writing or being interviewed for Horace works best if we collaborate. Email Jill Davidson at jdavidson@essentialschools.org or call 401-453-1916.
5. THE THEODORE R. SIZER DISSERTATION SCHOLARS GRANT PROGRAM
The goals of the Theodore R. Sizer Dissertation Scholars Program are: (1) to stimulate research on CES schools and practice; (2) to increase our understanding of the effectiveness of the ten Common Principles and CES practice; and (3) to encourage a new generation of scholars and educational researchers to examine the CES philosophy. Researchers of color are strongly encouraged to apply.
CES invites dissertation proposals that examine the implementation and effectiveness of CES practices and CES schools. Dissertation Grants are available for doctoral students writing their dissertation proposal or before conducting their research. Applicants must be candidates for the doctoral degree at a graduate school within the United States. CES will provide up to five awards of $2,000-$4,000 each. In addition to the grant, award winners will receive a stipend to attend and present their research at CES’s annual Fall Forum. Dissertation grantees' final reports may either be an article of a quality and in a format suitable for publication in a scholarly journal or a copy of the dissertation.
Dissertation topics may cover a wide range of practice-related issues that include but are not limited to: evidence of effectiveness; teachers and teaching; student voice; policies and practices related to student achievement and assessment; policies and practices that influence student and parental attitudes; contextual factors (individual, curricular, and school related) in education; at-risk students; and school resources and finance.
The deadline for the next two rounds of grants are December 1, 2006 and April 20, 2007. For more information, please visit http://www.essentialschools.org/pub/ces_docs/about/org/DSP_cfp.html or contact Director of Research Jay Feldman at jfeldman@essentialschools.org or 510-433-1914.
6. CES WANTS YOU! JOB POSTINGS
CES National and its associated Bay Area lab schools are looking for staff members! Please visit the CES National Job Board for detailed position descriptions:
Director of Professional Development
http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/about/view/ces_jobs/1407
Communications Program Associate
http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/about/view/ces_jobs/1424
Bayview Essential School of Music, Art and Social Justice School Leader
http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/about/view/ces_jobs/1405
Bayview Essential School of Music, Art and Social Justice Design Team Members
http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/about/view/ces_jobs/1402
View the CES Job Board with listings for many education-related work opportunities in addition to these at http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/about/query/q/345.
7. IN COMMON CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Do you have news for the CES network? Share it in the CES affiliate newsletter In Common!
In Common is the primary vehicle for CES affiliates to communicate successes, reflections, and events to our growing national network. Take part in the national CES dialogue and tell the network what’s going on in your school or organization.
There are two ways to participate:
1. Submit a short news item, no more than 100 words on what’s happening in your school community or affiliated organization.
2. Submit an article or essay between 500-700 words.
Submissions are welcome at any time and are due for the next issue by February 2, 2007. Please send all submissions, inquiries, and comments to CES Publications Director Jill Davidson, jdavidson@essentialschools.org or call 401-453-1916.
8. THE ESSENTIAL BLOG: YOU BLOG!
CES’s Essential Blog is going strong and seeking your opinions! If you want to become a member of our Essential Blog team, jump in anytime using our unique “YOU BLOG!” feature. Tell us what’s on your mind, what’s happening in your teaching and learning, and what you want to see happen to make Essential schools possible everywhere for all communities. We welcome all voices and perspectives to the national CES conversation and will post all appropriate contributions. Contribute to the Essential Blog at http://www.essentialblog.org/blog.php.
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