Rethinking Readiness: Deeper Learning for College, Work, and Life - Softcover

Rafael Heller (editor), Rebecca E. Wolfe (editor) & Adria Steinberg (editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1682530523 ISBN 13: 9781682530528

Publisher: Harvard Education Press, 2017

Synopsis

Rethinking Readiness offers a new set of competencies to replace the narrow learning goals of No Child Left Behind and, in chapters written by some of the nation’s most well-respected education scholars, explores their implications for schools.

Today’s students must cultivate the full range of intellectual, interpersonal, and intrapersonal capacities that have been grouped together under the banner of “deeper learning.” Rethinking Readiness focuses on how educators and policy makers should move forward to provide the educational experiences that students need to become truly well prepared for college, careers, and civic life, including changes in curriculum, teacher evaluation, and student assessment.

As state leaders chart a new course for K–12 education in the Every Student Succeeds Act era, Rethinking Readiness offers a succinct and compelling vision for a new agenda for school reform so future generations can prosper in a rapidly changing world.

Contributors: David T. Conley; Louis Danielson; Linda Darling-Hammond; Rebecca Zumeta Edmonds; Sarah Fine; Diane Friedlaender; Patricia Gándara; Nancy Hoffman; Lynn Holdheide; Meredith I. Honig; Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg; Magdalene Lampert; Peter Levine; Jal Mehta; Pedro Noguera; Lydia R. Rainey; Sharon Vaughn.

About this title

About the Author

Rafael Heller is a principal policy analyst at Jobs for the Future (JFF).

Rebecca E. Wolfe is a senior director at JFF, where she oversees the Students at the Center initiative.

Adria Steinberg is the senior advisor to JFF’s Students at the Center initiative.

From the Back Cover

Today's students must cultivate the full range of intellectual, interpersonal, and intrapersonal capacities that have been grouped together under the banner of "deeper learning." Rethinking Readiness focuses on how educators and policy makers can move forward to provide the educational experiences that students need to become truly well prepared for college, careers, and civic life. The book offers a succinct and compelling vision for a new agenda for school reform in a rapidly changing world.

"A provocative and insightful road map--rooted in research and wisdom of practice--about bringing deeper learning to scale across all levels of system change. Rethinking Readiness is a must-read for everyone committed to equity and excellence, reinforced by the inclusion of multiple examples of effective practice, including the identification of risks, opportunities, and examples of misapplications embedded in practice."
--Ray Pecheone, professor of practice, Stanford University

"Rethinking Readiness addresses what needs to be said today about high school 'reform' in general and reforms that reflect new ways of looking at education for vocation. The contributors cover everything, from closely observed actual classroom exchanges and lesson plans, hard data from the field at large, to important thinking about the past and future. A major contribution to our work today."
--Deborah Meier, senior scholar, New York University's Steinhardt School of Education, and MacArthur Fellowship recipient

"The editors have assimilated leading experts in the nation to provide a very thought-provoking work on the purposes of secondary education, access and opportunity, and suggestions for implementation of deeper learning for college and career readiness in schools. Parents, educators, and policy makers should find this compilation an excellent resource."
--Terry Holliday, chair, National Professional Teaching Standards Board, and former commissioner, Kentucky Department of Education

Rafael Heller is the managing editor of Kappan and a former policy analyst at Jobs for the Future (JFF). Rebecca E. Wolfe is a senior director at JFF, where she oversees the Students at the Center initiative. Adria Steinberg is the senior advisor to JFF's Students at the Center initiative.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard Education Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1682530523
• ISBN 13: 9781682530528
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328