Breaking Barriers: How P-Tech Schools Create a Pathway from High School to College to Career

ISBN-13: 9780807765593 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 204 str.

Stanley S. Litow; Tina Kelley

Spis treści

• Foreword Randi Weingarten
• Acknowledgments
• 1. What is P-TECH?
• P-TECH's Roots
• The Context of the Concerns
• A Sudden Green Light
• Laying the Groundwork
• Building More Partnerships
• Preliminary Results
• P-TECH and the Pandemic
• A Broader View of Reform
• 2. High Expectations
• Research on the Power of High Expectations
• Expectations across Race and Class
• How to Ensure High Expectations are Encouraged and Shared
• When Principals Aim High
• The Benefits of Dedicated Teachers
• Takeaways
• 3. Elevating Equity
• The Benefits of Same-Race Teachers
• The Shortage of Teachers of Color
• Rebuilding a Diverse Teaching Force (the next 8 fall under this)*
• Life after School
• P-TECH as a Step toward Equity
• Student Recruiting at P-TECH Schools
• No Barriers
• Teacher Recruiting at P-TECH
• P-TECH Teacher Retention
• Removing Roadblocks to College
• Tearing Down Walls around the Workplace
• Takeaways
• 4. Rigorous Coursework Designed With College and Career in Mind
• The Perils of Remedial College Work
• Other Opportunities for Advanced Work*
• Coursework Relevance
• Pedagogy at P-TECH
• Trying New Methods
• Making Lessons Relevant
• Project-Based Learning
• Know Thy Students
• Industry Challenges
• Seamless Transition to College
• Takeaways
• 5. Support for Learning
• Extended School Year
• Extended School Week or Day
• Tutoring
• *Monitoring Student Progress
• Comprehensive Counseling
• School Culture
• Moving on to College
• Parental Involvement
• Student Behavior
• Community Service
• Peer Support among Students
• Takeaways
• 6. Frequent Interactions with College and Business Partners
• *The Role of the Colleges
• *What Business Partners Do
• ShuDon's Story
• Joel's Story
• Reaping the Benefits
• Social Capital
• *Time to Hire Graduates
• When Collaborators Collaborate
• Takeaways
• 7. Conscientious Leadership
• School Leadership: Principals
• P-TECH's Founding Principal
• Leadership in Other P-TECH Principals
• Superintendents
• Colleges
• Moving Beyond the School Collaboration
• Beyond Cities
• Federal Leadership
• P-TECH around the World
• 8. Opening a School
• The Student
• The Superintendent
• The Principal
• Summer
• Autumn
• The Steering Committee
• Winter
• Results
• 9. Lessons for Broader Reform
• Overview of Education Reforms
• Another Way to Create Change
• Business Out of the Classroom?
• Highlights from the Collaborations
• Next Steps for Expansion
• Conclusion
• Afterword Rashid Ferrod Davis
• Notes
• Index
• About the Authors