Special Resource Material Developed by the Center
Title: Reorganizing Student Supports to Enhance Equity
Description: For society, No Child Left Behind (No Child Left Behind Act, 2001) must be a commitment to equity. For education, the commitment must be to enable every student to have an equal opportunity for success at school.. This requires good schools and good teaching.
Good schools are ones where the staff works cohesively not only to teach effectively, but also to address barriers to student learning. They are designed to prevent learning, behavior, and emotional problems and to address problems quickly and effectively when they do arise. They do all this in ways that promote positive socioemotional development and create an atmosphere that encourages mutual support, caring, and a sense of community, Schools whose improvement plans do not assign these matters a high priority are unlikely to address diversity as an instructional consideration or incorporate a multicultural focus into the classroom curriculum and the school-wide context. Such schools must rethink school improvement policies and practices. The focus on improving instruction must be accompanied by a fundamental reorganization of every school's approach to enabling student learning.Access at: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/publications/reorganizing student support to enhance equity.pdf (For Personal Use Only) 11pp; 679kb
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