根除教育不平等
How 趣赢平台 Works to Fulfill the Promise of Access to Equitable, Quality 教育 for All Students
享有公平的权利, quality education for the nation’s growing number of low-收入, racially and ethnically diverse students is still problematic, casting both students and the country into a potentially troubling future. 解决方案, 当然, lies in closing the many achievement and opportunity gaps for underserved students—the mobilization of which 趣赢平台 has supported for the past several decades.
“我们参与了许多教育项目, 和每一个, 我们从股权的角度出发——不管我们是否在进行研究, 提供技术援助, 或执行推广,巴贝特·古特曼说, a Vice President and Practice Director for 教育 Studies. Ms. 古特曼, 谁设计了, 管理, and conducted randomized experiments and program evaluations for services to at-risk children for 35+ years, 领导威斯特的教育公平工作. “We do this to ensure all students—particularly our underserved Black, Latinx, and American Indian students—receive a high-quality education within a culturally responsive environment.”
This equity lens is the key to successful implementation of equity strategies that affect education outcomes. 趣赢平台通过研究挑战来运用这一视角, 扩大知识, 创建工具, 提供基于证据的解决方案. Here are some recent examples of 趣赢平台 innovations that have effected change.
影响毕业率和大学入学准备
达西Pietryka, 趣赢平台高级研究主任, directs a project that aims to produce and substantiate new solutions to the educational challenges facing some of the nation’s most underserved rural, 城市, 甚至郊区的学生和学校. She explains that 趣赢平台’s technical assistance to project grantees helps them develop and successfully implement equity-focused solutions: “As one example, 我们的工作使受助人能够实施, 维持, 并传播有前景的循证证据, culturally and linguistically responsive interventions related to college readiness and 访问; and this support has led to increased high school graduation rates and college attendance.”
帮助各州确定学生的成功差距
趣赢平台 operates a data center that assists states and districts to improve their capacity to accurately and effectively collect, 分析, 报告, and use data required of Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities 教育 Act (IDEA). Part B refers to the programs serving children 年龄s 3 through 21.
“与各州和地区合作, we examine gaps in educational outcomes for groups of students based on race, 种族, 收入, 残疾, 和其他类别,Julie Bollmer说, Ph.D., 领导这项工作的韦斯特高级研究主任, adding: “的se gaps can be differences in graduation rates, 阅读或数学成绩, or disciplinary actions—any of which can hinder success for students. 的 成功的差距工具包 we’ve developed helps state education 年龄ncies and local education 年龄ncies (草原) investigate equity, 包容, 和机会的问题.”
帮助学生找到他们的位置
As part of technical assistance outreach to place-based programs in economically distressed communities, 趣赢平台与受让人合作，发展以股权为中心的公司, 循证cradle-to-career干预, including early education support; teacher professional learning; wrap-around services to students and families; and college readiness, 访问, 和成功项目.
“涉及非营利组织, 草原, and universities and colleges in all aspects of these culturally responsive interventions, we were able to close opportunity gaps for underserved communities, 包括在学校帮助学生成功,珍娜·奥兰德·斯科特说, Ph.D.他是领导这项工作的韦斯特高级研究主任.
设计及实施教育效能计划
A long-time focus of 趣赢平台’s equity work is developing and implementing teacher and principal effectiveness programs and workforce systems in underserved 学校. 这些计划帮助地区, 学校, 教育工作者, and other personnel grow professionally to positively impact student outcomes.
Our staff has created culturally responsive professional learning programs and has implemented these programs using toolkits and award-winning videos to reinforce strategies to help 教育工作者 succeed. 韦斯利·威廉姆斯, II, 趣赢平台高级研究主任, 和凯加拉格尔, 韦斯特通信专家, produced several videos that illustrate the importance of 教育工作者’ influence on student success. 的se include “That Noble Title: Teacher,” “How Are the Children?和“通过TIF支持纽约市教师领导”.” 的 first two videos are used during professional development conferences. 的 third documents how Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) programs support strategies that help 教育工作者 succeed.
Mr. Williams has also worked with all 50 states to develop individual plans describing the steps each will take to ensure that economically disadvant年龄d students, 学生的颜色, and ethnic minority students are taught by effective teachers as required by the Every Student Succeeds Act. 趣赢平台团队总结了 国家股权计划(PDF) n a 报告 identifying trends and commonalities and highlighting promising initiatives or practices. Learn more about our work in building teacher effectiveness: 威斯特致力于实现教育公平.
我们的公平镜头和学生的未来
“的 opportunity gaps for underserved students will persist throughout their lives without effective interventions with an equity focus,女士总结道. 古特曼. “As long as the needs of underserved students are so neglected, 这些年轻人将努力寻找成功, 我们的国家也一样. This is why our 趣赢平台 教育 team is committed to mobilizing the development, 实体化, and implementation of evidence-based solutions to prepare every student for tomorrow and for a productive, 繁荣的成年.”
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