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Preparing
Students for a Changing World
Changes in technology, demographics,
and the workplace, along with increasing global competition, are accelerating
the need for all students to have a more rigorous and relevant education. Dr.
Daggett uses amazing examples of innovations in information, bio, and nanotechnology
and startling statistics to illustrate these changes. He then describes what schools
must do to prepare students to respond to them. |
Successful
Schools - What Makes Them Work
The findings of the research teams
that studied the 30 high schools identified in the Bringing Best Practices
to Scale initiative are shared by Dr. Daggett. Based on those findings, he
presents a series of recommendations to implement the practices, organization
structures, and policies that will lead to a more rigorous and relevant curriculum
for all students. He also identifies the models that best represent the individual
recommendations. |
Technology
in Our Changing Workplace
The influx of technology to the American
workplace will grow exponentially in the immediate years ahead. Dr. Daggett describes
how dramatically technology will change the workplace and the skills and knowledge
graduates will need to be successful. He discusses the impact of global competition
and why other nations may be preparing their young people better for technologically
based jobs. He concludes with recommendations on what schools must do to educate
young people adequately for work in the 21st century. Preparing all students to
be lifelong learners is central to those recommendations. |
Rigor
and Relevance
Rigor alone is not adequate to lead all students
to high achievement levels. Highly successful schools have rigorous curricula
that also incorporate real-world relevance. This presentation provides an in-depth
look at the Rigor/Relevance Framework, created by the International Center, which
has become a cornerstone of curriculum and instruction for schools throughout
the world. Two additional R's, which are also critical to maximizing student success,
are described: relationships between student and teacher, student and student,
and teacher and teacher and the need for reflective thought on what is
being taught and learned. |
Developing
Relationships Through Character-based Teaching
The highest performing
schools in this country have taught us an important lesson - strong relationships
must be developed within schools, and these relationships are driven by guiding
principles. Character-centered teaching is an extremely effective way to develop
these guiding principles. Dr. Daggett and Louis Martinez lay out how successful
schools have used character education to develop supportive relationships between
teacher and student and between the students themselves. Guiding principles can
prepare students for success in all facets of their lives. |
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America's Most Successful High Schools
- What Makes Them Work
by
Willard R. Daggett, President This report describes
nine findings from the 30 high schools included in the Bringing Best Practices
to Scale initiative: - Focusing instruction around students' interests,
learning styles, and aptitudes through a variety of small learning community approaches,
most commonly academies
- An unrelenting commitment by administrators and teachers
to excellence for all students with a particular emphasis on literacy across the
curriculum
- A laser-like focus on data at the classroom level to make daily
instructional decisions for individual students
- An extraordinary commitment
of resources and attention to 9th grade students
- A rigorous and relevant
12th grade year
- High-quality curriculum and instruction that focuses on rigor,
relevance, relationships, and reflective thought
- Solid and dedicated leadership
- Relationships driven by guiding principles
- Sustained and supported professional
development
The report also discusses the change process for improving high
schools, which typically involves three stages: - Creating a broad-based
understanding of WHY these schools need to make fundamental change.
- A
clear identification of WHAT should be changed.
- Determination of HOW
to make the fundamental changes.
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2004
Conference Proceedings - Case Studies of Successful Programs
The
compilation features case studies of the 30 high schools that participated in
the "Bringing Best Practices to Scale" initiative. The models represent multiple
pathways to success for all students. Dr. Daggett's report on the findings from
the initiative, "America's Most Successful High Schools - What Makes Them Work,"
details nine characteristics of the successful schools and describes how other
schools can move forward to acquire them. The Proceedings also includes
12 case studies of elementary and middle schools. |
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