I’ve asked Virginia York to take notes here of the debrief of the Everyday Deliberation exercise we are doing at UHD where people tell stories of a time when they had to make a difficult decision and deliberated personally. The participants work in triads. One person tells their story, another person is the questioner who [...]
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Well, this blog has languished while I wrapped up the “Too Many Children Left Behind” project - at least the first phase of it - and then the holidays were a much-needed distraction. But it’s time to get back on track. When you read the report on the achievement gap dialogues, I think you’ll understand [...]
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On Thursday, October 18th, about 60 teachers, administrators, parents, government officials, and youth gathered at Reagan High School in Austin, TX for a series of three forums on “Too Many Children Left Behind: Closing the Achievement Gap in Central Texas.” The diverse group is gathering on behalf of a diverse Austin Independent School District. Other [...]
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Our first deliberative dialogue session on closing the Achievement Gaps in Central Texas (Too Many Children Left Behind) was Tuesday evening, October 2 in Round Rock. It went VERY smoothly and we got lots of wonderful feedback.
We had about 50 people. We originally planned for seven groups and had 2-3 moderators assigned per group, but [...]
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We have not yet begun our forums on Too Many Children Left Behind: Closing the Achievement Gaps in Central Texas, but we already have some success stories to report.
Here is a report filed by Susan Dawson, E3 Alliance.
Each community started off with a Too Many Children Left Behind launch team of (at least) a district [...]
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Posted in Achievement Gap, Research on September 21, 2007 | No Comments »
[This was posted from the Kettering Foundation meeting on September 20-21, 2007 with 12 sites working on the project, "Too Many Children Left Behind". For more information about the project visit the Project Home Page.]
The expectations of the participants in this research project:
Use the “Too Many Children Left Behind” Forums in an initiative. Report back [...]
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[This was posted from the Kettering Foundation meeting on September 20-21, 2007 with 12 sites working on the project, "Too Many Children Left Behind". For more information about the project visit the Project Home Page.]
We will be using the document published by West Virginia Center for Civic Life, “Capturing Public Thinking: Developing Authentic Reports on [...]
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Posted in Achievement Gap, Research on September 21, 2007 | No Comments »
[This was posted from the Kettering Foundation meeting on September 20-21, 2007 with 12 sites working on the project, "Too Many Children Left Behind". For more information about the project visit the Project Home Page.]
Question posed by Charlie Houser:
Think about What would you like to learn from other people who share this journey? What will [...]
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Posted in Achievement Gap, Research on September 21, 2007 | No Comments »
[This was posted from the Kettering Foundation meeting on September 20-21, 2007 with 12 sites working on the project, "Too Many Children Left Behind". For more information about the project visit the Project Home Page.]
Participants will be divided into three groups each with a different focus on forum strategies:
Community and school district relationship (planning, specific [...]
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