Re: [xmca] What new and interesting?

I don't know if it qualifies as a model, but there is also what is
referred to as supplemental education by Gordon and his colleagues,
and complementary learning by the Harvard Family Research Group—the
basic idea being that it is outside of school opportunities that make
the difference. The range is pretty big—quality structured programs
like The Fifth Dimension, museum going, family trips, camps, cultural
and sports events and lessons, etc. The philosophical writings on
identity and race and cosmopolitanism by Appiah (which I like very
much) also resonate here.
I wasn't there, but I heard that James Banks' talk at AERA suggested
that if kids are learning outside of school more than in school maybe
ed researchers should pay attention. Can someone who heard his talk
fill in (and correct me if I got it wrong)?
Lois

On Mar 31, 2008, at 10:45 AM, ERIC.RAMBERG@spps.org wrote:

>
> The big push in american public schools is to "close the achievement
> gap."
> This means that there is a discrepancy in achievement when test
> scores of
> one racial group are compared with another racial group. What is it
> that
> we know about the cause of this and how many different answers have
> been
> given in trying to explain it? Are we using the correct tool for
> measuring
> the achievement gap? We have Feuerstein's model, we have Freier's
> model
> and then we have the NCLB model. Seeing as the first two models are
> outside the circle of funding it is obvious what model will be
> provided the
> public schools in the U.S. My new and interesting thought is that
> given
> the reality of how public schools are funded and that NCLB will not
> go away
> any time soon, how can the 5th dimension research be expanded so it
> can
> have influence on closing the achievement gap?
>
> respectfully,
>
> eric
>
> P.S. Paula I hope you choose to introduce your new research soon.
>
>
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