This brief but frequently ordered booklet has stood the test of time. First published in 1996, A Culture of Quality is a complex meditation on the features of an educational community that has conscientiously developed a collective culture of excellence in an ordinary American public school. Republished in 2011 – with an updated foreword and preface – the educational lessons outlined by author and teacher Ron Berger still resonate today.
Recent Publications
Improving outcomes for children and youth will require schools to form links with community agencies and organizations to address a range of in-school and out-of-school factors that affect learning and development. The Annenberg Institute for School Reform calls this idea a “smart education system.” In England, it is national policy. This issue of Voices in Urban Education looks in depth at one local British authority that has been remarkably successful across a range of...
Educators know that high school students cannot learn any subject if they are unable to get more than basic information from texts and are unable to convey information skillfully. In this issue of Voices in Urban Education, four authors share the latest knowledge and thinking about the critical issue of adolescent literacy.
Postsecondary education is increasingly necessary to prepare young people to reach their full potentials as adults. Although New York City’s public schools are graduating more students and more of them are going on to college, high rates of remedial course-taking and low graduation rates indicate a need to improve academic preparation, enhance college access services, promote more effective transitions into college and provide more supportive environments in postsecondary institutions....
This report shares findings from a six-year research study on the impact of Austin Interfaith’s education organizing on East Austin schools. Austin Interfaith, part of the Industrial Areas Foundation organizing network, organized high-poverty, low-performing schools on the city’s east side into a network of “Alliance Schools,” which grew to about a quarter of the district’s elementary schools and half of its high-poverty...