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• A Caring Adult in a Different Setting In schools where people know each other well and focus on supporting academic and personal growth, meaningful relationships blossom in offices, in the library, on the basketball court, or in the... March 17, 2011 by Gary Heyder
• Digital Portfolios: Documenting Student Growth The digital portfolio process at Camino Nuevo High School (CNHS) offers an essential 21st century skill to our students. All students are trained in basic web design to build and maintain their... December 02, 2009 by Matthew Cramer - Instruction, Technology And Information Literacy
• How Changing a Life Can Help Change Schools Changing lives, changing schools, indeed—any impact I have had on changing schools in any way is because Ted and Nancy Sizer changed my life and growth as an educator. In the summer of 1986, I... December 02, 2009 by Bil Johnson - Ted Sizer, Horace's Compromise
• A Quiet Voice One afternoon years and years ago, when I taught at Watkinson School in Hartford, Connecticut, I showed my students slides of contemporary paintings. Jackson Pollacks, Piet Mondriens, Gustav Klimts... December 02, 2009 by Teri Schrader - Ted Sizer, Common Principles
• Good Habits “Mr. —.” Before I looked up from my grade book, I recognized the voice. “Yes, Diana,” I replied. Diana had been in my advisory the previous year as a freshman. She and... December 02, 2009 by Sean Ottmer
• Loud and Clear It’s been over 25 years since I first I ran across Ted Sizer’s name. Harvard and Andover? Not in my “set.” Despite those affiliations, some friends of mine said I... December 02, 2009 by Deborah Meier - Ted Sizer
• Sustaining Change: The Struggle to Maintain Identity at Central Park East Secondary School Central Park East Secondary School (CPESS) in East Harlem was one of the most highly acclaimed and successful schools to come out of the period of school reform in the 1980s from which the Coalition... December 02, 2009 by Dianne Suiter, Deborah Meier - sustainability
• Ted, Expecting Us In a roomful of people, Ted Sizer always went right to the kids. I have seen it countless times: With merry eyes and delighted smile, he would adjust his tall frame so he could speak directly with... December 02, 2009 by Kathleen Cushman - Ted Sizer
• Always There Everybody seems to have a short memory, which is why we keep making mistakes in this country. This is supposed to be why we study history. The history of the education reform movement from the 1960s... December 02, 2009 by Dennis Littky - Ted Sizer
• Working with Ted I never worked “with” a boss before working with Ted at Brown University. I had always known of Ted—he was Dean at Harvard Graduate School of Education when I was a student there,... December 02, 2009 by Paula Evans - Ted Sizer, Common Principles
• Linchpins or Lost Time: Creating Effective Advisories That advisories in secondary schools are fairly pervasive around the country may be one of the great unintended consequences of the Coalition of Essential Schools reform effort. While no CES Common... December 02, 2009 by Bil Johnson - advisories
• How Right He Had It I began my professional life as a bilingual high school teacher in Boston before there was actually much formal “bilingual education” to be had. A small group of great teachers and a... December 02, 2009 by Larry Myatt - Ted Sizer, Horace's Compromise
• Ted Sizer’s Opening Remarks, Fall Forum 2000, Providence, Rhode Island Note from the editor: Most Coalition of Essential Schools Fall Forums have opened with remarks from CES’s founder, Ted Size. Ted’s observations reconnected us with our purpose and... December 02, 2009 by Theodore Sizer - Ted Sizer, Common Principles
• In the Company of Teachers Every one of us in the Coalition remembers the first time we met Ted Sizer. For me, it was at a small meeting of teachers in Georgia where Ted had shown up to see what they were doing in their... December 02, 2009 by George Wood - Ted Sizer
• The Value of Core Principles in the Age of Change As I reflect on CES and its groundbreaking, significant work over the past 25 years, I am regularly reminded of the importance of the core guiding principles, even as the educational landscape... December 02, 2009 by Adelric McCain - Common Principles
• Sustaining the Mission of CES Schools As years pass, we all face the general human condition of becoming tired, complacent, and, at times, not interested in further improvements. For example, Samantha, an excellent veteran teacher leader... December 02, 2009 by Carl Glickman, April L. Peters - Keeping The Vision
• Horace’s Legacy: Learning with Purpose, A Proposal to Add Two New Common Principles “Purpose serves as a principle around which to organize our lives.” -Anonymous There’s a story told about a farmer from Nebraska. It seems that every year the farmer grew amazing,... December 02, 2009 by Joe Greenberg - Common Principles
• CES at 25: The Transformative Power of Principle-Based Education As this issue of Horace goes to press and with great sadness, we share the news that CES's founder, Theodore R. Sizer, passed away on October 21, 2009 at home in Harvard, Massachusetts. Ted leaves... December 02, 2009 by Jill Davidson - Ted Sizer, Common Principles
• Benchmark Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment While any assessment system should include multiple assessment types that are matched with the needs of teachers (to make decisions regarding instruction) and learners, demonstration of mastery on... November 18, 2009 - Benchmark
• EssentialVisions Disc 1: Classroom Practice Disc 1: Classroom Practice • Student-as-Worker, Teacher-as-Coach – School of the Future, NYC, NY • Less is More, Depth over Coverage – Francis W. Parker Charter Essential... October 19, 2009
• Benchmark Descriptors: Habits of Mind and Heart Habits of Mind and Heart The school should focus on helping young people learn to use their minds well. Habits of mind and heart are ways that a school can articulate the thinking and... October 05, 2009
• Benchmark Descriptors: Culturally Responsive Pedagogies Culturally Responsive Pedagogies Culture is central to learning. It plays a role not only in communicating and receiving information but also in shaping the thinking process of groups and... October 05, 2009 by CES - Benchmark
• Go to the Source: More about the Schools and Organizations Featured in this Issue Amy Biehl High School 123 Fourth Street SW Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102-3201 telephone: 505 299-9409 http://abhs.k12.nm.us Boston Day and Evening Academy 20 Kearsarge Avenue ... July 22, 2009 - Instruction, Technology And Information Literacy
• Where to Go for More: Resources for Technology and the Essential School Technology that Enhances Powerful Teaching and Meaningful Learning Honor Moorman, whose article “Adventures in Web 2.0: Introducing Social Networking into My Teaching” is featured on... July 22, 2009 - Instruction, Technology And Information Literacy
• Twittering About Learning: Using Twitter in an Elementary School Classroom Many years ago, when I first started teaching, a colleague showed me a great technique for communicating with families: At the end of the day, she used a 24- by 16-inch chart tablet to produce... July 21, 2009 by Jeff Kurtz - Instruction, Technology And Information Literacy
• Distance Learning and the CES Common Principles Sometimes our classroom is quiet. You might hear the tapping of the computer keys and an occasional chuckle or a sigh. Two or three students sit at separate tables; one is focused on the laptop... July 21, 2009 by Jennie Hallisey - Instruction, Technology And Information Literacy
• Technology as a Fence and a Bridge Note from the author: Over the past few years I’ve become increasingly curious about the role of technology in the classroom. I’m interested in teacher attitudes toward new technologies... July 21, 2009 by Bryan Wehrli - Instruction, Technology And Information Literacy
• Learning Technology Skills Through Social Entrepreneurialism The only complaint I heard at the ninth grade Applied Technology final exhibition was, “Only $3,000? But I want to make a donation to every organization!” I had to agree. It was a... July 21, 2009 by Jean Pendleton - Instruction, Technology And Information Literacy, Service-Learning
• Through Our Eyes I am a dancer. A teacher. An improviser. My pedagogy is centered on the concept of embodied education, a model that invites students to bring their whole bodies to the learning experience. I invite... July 21, 2009 by Sara Narva - Instruction, Technology And Information Literacy
• Adventures in Web 2.0: Introducing Social Networking into My Teaching “As new technologies shape literacies, they bring opportunities for teachers at all levels to foster reading and writing in more diverse and participatory contexts.” –“A... July 21, 2009 by Honor Moorman - Instruction, Technology And Information Literacy
• Notes on This Issue I hope that you experience this issue of Horace as compelling, illuminating, and a significant force for change in and improvement of your practice as an educator. “CES 2.0: Technology and... July 21, 2009 by Jill Davidson - Instruction, Technology And Information Literacy
• Go to the Source: More about the Schools and Organizations Featured in this Issue Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools 1720 Broadway, Fourth Floor Oakland, California 94612 telephone: 510-208-0160 www.bayces.org Boston Day and Evening Academy 20 Kearsarge ... June 02, 2009 by Cheryl Almeida - Data Collection & Analysis, Cycle Of Inquiry
• Where to Go for More: Resources for Cycles of Inquiry and Action Teacher Action Research for Equity and Multicultural Education Though brief, this section of the EdChange website is worth noting as a resource that focuses particularly on inquiry and teacher action... June 02, 2009 - Cycle Of Inquiry, Data Collection & Analysis
• Choices for the High School Graduate: A Survival Guide for the Information Age Choices for the High School Graduate: A Survival Guide for the Information Age, Fourth Edition, by Bryna Fireside (Ferguson Publishing Company, $14.95) “College ready” is the mantra... June 01, 2009
• Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in Schools Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in Schools, edited by Mica Pollock (New Press, 416 pages, $24.95), reviewed by Kyle Meador Educators dealing with race in schools encounter a... June 01, 2009
• The Dangerous Necessity of Assessment: A Teacher’s Dilemma During my first year of teaching, Lily was a confident and verbal first grader in my first and second grade class. She wrote a story about a dragon the first week of school and easily sounded out... June 01, 2009 by Cara Furman - Data Collection & Analysis, Cycle Of Inquiry
• Beyond Looking: Using Data to Coach for Instructional Improvement For several years, Judy (a special education teacher who works with students in math and science goals) sat through staff meetings at which the PowerPoint slides containing the results of our... June 01, 2009 by Michael Martin, Katherine Taylor - Data Collection & Analysis, Cycle Of Inquiry
• The EdVisions "Dreamscape" Evaluation Plan This article describes the “dreamscape” as EdVisions Schools moves forward as an education development organization. “Dreamscape” refers to the goals we have developed for the network of... June 01, 2009 by Ron Newell - Data Collection & Analysis, Cycle Of Inquiry
• From Vision to Action: Solving Problems through Inquiry at Boston Day and Evening Academy On a mid-week day in mid-December 2008, Boston Day and Evening Academy’s room 209, usually used for board meetings, student assessments, awards dinners, and other occasions requiring an intimate... June 01, 2009 by Andrea Kunst - Data Collection & Analysis, Cycle Of Inquiry
• Cycles of Inquiry and Action for Equity: CES’s Ongoing Commitment The Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) is entering its 25th year as an organization and a network of schools dedicated transforming the experience of schools and education for young people,... June 01, 2009 by Jill Davidson - Data Collection & Analysis, Cycle Of Inquiry
• Notes on This Issue Happy birthday, CES! We turn 25 in 2009, and it’s a year of celebration and looking forward for the CES network. Horace will continue to feature the writing and first-hand experiences of Essential... June 01, 2009 by Jill Davidson - Data Collection & Analysis, Cycle Of Inquiry
• Go to the Source: More about the Schools and Organizations Featured in this Issue SCHOOLS Beachwood High School 25100 Fairmount Boulevard Beachwood, Ohio 44122 telephone: 216.831.2080 www.beachwood.k12.oh.us/bhs/index.html Boston International High School 25 Glen... January 06, 2009
• Where to Go for More: Resources for Education for Democracy Advancement Project Advancement Project is a useful resource for classrooms, independent studies, and other investigations in the realms of social justice and equity in the United States.... January 06, 2009
• Speaking for Democracy My co-teacher, Donnie, and I were in costume. He was Malcolm X. I was George Wallace. In character, we spoke passages from our most famous speeches. By the end of the third minute of class, I was... December 12, 2008 by Andrew Barron
• Having the Courage To Act on Your Beliefs: Horace Interviews Marcy Raymond and Dan Hoffman on the Founding and Influence of Metro High School Metro High School, in Columbus, Ohio, is a public high school emphasizing math, science, and technology in a small, personalized learning environment. Originally conceived through a grant from CES... December 12, 2008
• Choosing To Participate Ask students what to “participate” means. In a year of a presidential election, would they say it means to choose to vote for the candidate of their choice? Would they say that it means to make... December 09, 2008
• Education and Democracy: Back to the Future I know it’s 2008, but the prospect of a new administration—and a new U.S. Department of Education—has me thinking about 2001. I have to admit that when the No Child Left Behind... December 09, 2008 by George Wood
• Civil Rights and Social Justice: A Path to Engagement and Transformation “Wow! You kids know so much. I never knew anything about the civil rights movement when I was your age. In fact, I didn’t learn much about it in college either, until now.” A... December 09, 2008 by Flo Golod
• Educating the World: Essential Schools as Agents of Change and Influence Schools face a relentless torrent of demands without receiving the kinds of support they need and deserve. So it is not easy to expect that they would voluntarily add to their ever-growing lists of... December 09, 2008 by Lewis Cohen
• Notes on this Issue Today’s ninth grader will be 50 in 2045. While that may seem like the distant future to them, those of us who are closer to 50 than 14 know that time marches on swiftly. Right now, those young... December 09, 2008 by Jill Davidson

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