Greater America: A New Partnership in the Americas in the 21st Century

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For Latin America, the linkage to the U. Most important, Greater America demonstrates how closer ties with Latin America will help build a stronger U. He argues that only a NATO-like coalition in the Americas will defeat the drug traffickers, and that a major program to build infrastructure is essential to make trade agreements work. This book celebrates the contribution of the Americas as one of the more important factors in the spread of human freedom in the last half millennium. It makes the case for the unlimited potential of the Americas and shows how it can be unleashed through greater political and economic integration.

Ronald Scheman not only witnessed those events; he was part of them. In this book, he uses his vast experience and knowledge of the Americas to present a solid road map toward hemispheric integration that is no longer an option but an imperative. Greater America is an important book for anyone who cares about U. This vision could become a major cornerstone to enhance the mutual understanding among our nations. If you read one book about the region, this is a must.

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There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. When Paul Mort studied the spread of successful innovations in public schools early 20th-century , he found it took about 50 years, on average, for a new method to be widely implemented. Army fail its admission tests, more than a third of those who go on to college are unprepared for 1st-year coursework, and half of college students never graduate. Only one-third of middle- and high-school students rate their school culture positively.

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However, most private schools are not accountable to any public body and cannot be shut down if students aren't learning. Louisiana and Indiana have taken a major step in the right direction by making private schools that accept vouchers subject to standardized tests and public accountability. Another problem - those who can afford it will add their own money to the voucher and buy more expensive educations, stratifying the education market by income. Osborne asks, 'If we were creating a public education system from scratch, would we organize it as most now are?

Would we give teachers lifetime jobs after their 2nd or 3rd year of teaching? Would we let schools survive it, year after year, half their students dropped out? Would we send children to school for only 8. Would we assign pupils to schools by neighborhood?

His 'Reinventing America's Schools' describes in depth those cities' reforms - including the political struggles involved, what worked and what didn't, and how failures were addressed. He also points out that while this is not a book about 'charter schools,' it is about treating every public school like a charter school. New Orleans received an opportunity to start over. After Katrina, all over but 17 of the city's public schools were handed over to the state's Recovery School District - created two years earlier to turn around failing schools.

Over the next 9 years, the RSD gradually turned them into charter schools operated by independent organizations free of most state and district rules but accountable for performance. In the old elected Orleans Parish School Board decided to transition its last four traditional schools to charter status. The district has improved faster than any other in the state, possibly the nation. New Jersey followed New Orleans' lead in Camden.

In Congress authorized nonprofits to start schools.

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Poorly performing charters are closed or replaced, and the best are encouraged to expand. In Denver, a decade ago the elected school board, frustrated by poor academic growth, embraced charters - giving most space in district buildings and encouraging those successful to replicate as fast as possible. Stanford University's Center for Research on Educational outcomes CREDO show that, on average, students who spend at least four years in charter schools gain an additional two months of learning in reading and more than two months in math every year, compared to similar students in traditional public schools.

Urban students gain five months in math, and 3. On five key characteristics teacher quality, school discipline, expectations for student achievement, safety, and development of character , 13 percentage points more charter school parents were 'very satisfied' than traditional school parents in How did most major education practices originate?

In the late 19th-century, political machines controlled many urban school boards. Some had ward boards, which hired and fired teachers and principals. To stop the machines from firing teachers of the opposite party and hiring their own party members, reformers invented teacher tenure, strict pay scales determined by longevity, and protections of seniority. On the other hand, in the s there was one staff member in state departments of education for every , pupils - in one for about every 2, Her radicalization point came in while working as a school-board member judging high school students' college essays as part of a scholarship program.

The authors all had straight A;s, but their essays were terrible. She convinced him to instead pursue accountability - statewide standardized tests, school performance scores based on test scores, attendance rates, and graduation rates, forced reconstitution of schools rated failing for four years in a arrow, and 'distinguished educator' help for schools with low scores.

The new tests were given every year from 3rd through 8th grades, while high school students took graduate exit exams GEE; now year-end tests in English, math, science and history. Summer school was available for those who failed. Alternate assessments are available for students with disabilities. In , only one in four public school students scored basic or above on the new tests. The principal said he didn't understand what the fuss was about, and wasn't fired.

Jacobs had moved to a state-level board; she proposed creating a special district to take over failed schools - and helped push through the constitutional amendment two-thirds vote in the legislature, majority on a statewide ballot. When Katrina hit, the board was already searching for a line of credit to meet payroll. A former Louisiana TFA director arranged for that group to bring in - new teachers. Each school's charter was for only five years. The average charter-school entrant was four years below grade level.

The length of the school day and school year were both increased. Thousands of staff were laid off - as parents flocked to the charter alternatives. The number of school facilities dropped from to 87, with rebuilding funded by FEMA. Discipline became a reality - reinforced by requiring students walk on separate sides of the halls.

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Teachers were available by phone during the week until 9: Two hours of homework became the norm for high-school. During the first week of 9th grade everyone visited a college, and by the middle of their junior year they had toured at least 20, in seven states. Every morning every student got a feedback slip - with merits and demerits for behavior, as well as feedback on participation in every class.

Suspensions and expulsions were dramatically reduced - after visiting other programs.

Because failing schools were replaced by new ones, the entire system also evolved. During its first four years, 14 students were murdered. Then Accelerated High School - for dropouts and over-age students 16 - Special schools for Hispanic and Vietnamese immigrants. Both charter and public schools considerably improved their performance. All major subgroups, including special education and ELL, were at least as well-off after the reforms. By New Orleans had about 80 charters, and at least 22 had closed or changed hands. In New Orleans, none stayed at that level for three years - they disappeared.

To minimize cheating, charter schools up for renewal must arrange independent monitoring of state tests by a third party approved by the board. Public Schools had , students, falling to 78, in Congress passed legislation creating D. Board members often used their positions as steppingstones to higher office, engaged in patronage hiring, and got involved with every nitty-gritty detail.

Charters educated almost 20,, and they were outperforming DCPS.

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Michelle Rhee convinced the city council to convert her central office staff to at-will employment, then began laying people off. She concluded only 70 of the schools operating were needed, and close 23 her first year. By the time she left in , only half the principals who had been there when she arrived were still in place. Rhee created a new evaluation system, called IMPACT developed primarily by Jason Kamras that used pupil improvement on test scores and observations by principals and master teachers as the most important rating factors.

Those rated 'ineffective' were subject to immediate termination, minimally effective had one year to improve or lose their jobs. When she began firing teachers anyway, based on their IMPACT ratings, it made them realize they didn't have the protections they thought they had. In the union agreed to performance pay for all teachers. Overall, she fired about teachers for performance during her 3.

More than 1, new preschool seats were created, as well as 13 'catalyst schools - eg. STEM, 'world cultures,' intensive arts focus, and contracted with charters to operate four failing district schools. Upon leaving, the year enrollment decline thanks to preschool enrollments , test scores were moving up mostly in math - almost no progress in reading , but lagged charters.

The latter continued to take students away. Rhee's firing of numerous African-American teachers did not go over well, and her sponsor Mayor Fenty lost the primary. Fortunately, Rhee's replacement Kaya Henderson had helped Rhee craft her initiatives and continued them, was herself African-American, and less confrontational. Until , three were by the principal and two by 'master educators' from the teacher's academic specialty who did evaluations and mentored teachers full-time.

Previously it was very rare a teacher would be observed by their administrator, never by someone from outside the year. Those rated 'ineffective' once, 'minimally effective' two years in a row, or 'developing' three years in a row lose their jobs.