Title: Improving the odds : developing powerful teaching practice and a culture of learning in urban high schools /
Authors: Del Prete, Thomas.
Publisher: Teachers College Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Clark University (Worcester, Mass.); High schools Massachusetts Worcester Case studies.; Educational change Massachusetts Worcester Case studies.; College-school cooperation Massachusetts Worcester Case studies.
Abstract: "A counterpoint to the sweeping rhetoric of reform, this book offers a nuanced depiction of the challenges and possibilities at the school and class-room level. Through the experiences of urban high school teachers who partner with their local university, Del Prete provides unique insight into teaching and learning in the midst of reform."--Jacket.
Contents: Framing reform -- Constancy and change in Main South High Schools -- The teachers, shared concepts, and collaborative learning -- Everyone has a seat at the table: Kate Shepard's mathematics learning community -- Adelina Zaimi's dilemma: calculating the slope of learning -- Jody Bird and the ecology of curriculum and teaching -- Putting inquiry into practice: Chris Rea and investigating harmonic motion -- Chad Malone and the muse of authenticity -- Making more from less: ways of knowing history -- Lessons from Main South.