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From Generation Schools Network
Generation Schools Network. A Big Week for Generation Schools: Congressional Visit and Innovation Plan Approval for Generation Schools. 20 Jan. 2012. Download
Generation Schools Newsletter (Dec. 2011). Generation Schools Network. Download
National Reports Featuring Generation Schools
Center for American Progress Lazarin, Melissa, and Isabel Owen. Union and District Partnerships to Expand Learning Time: Three Schools’ Experiences. Rep. Center for American Progress, 19 Nov. 2009.
Center for High Impact Philanthropy “High Impact Holiday Giving.” The Center for High Impact Philanthropy. 1 Dec. 2011. Download
The Center for High Impact Philanthropy. High Impact Philanthropy to Improve Teaching Quality in the U.S. Blueprint. School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2010. Generation Schools is one of only two effective whole-school reform models nationwide highlighted in this national report. By helping public schools successfully redeploy their existing resources to improve teacher effectiveness, we are featured as one of the most cost-effective reforms in country. See pages 53-56
Colorado Legacy Foundation and Colorado Department of Education. The Expanded Learning Opportunities Commission. “The Expanded Learning Opportunities Commission: Beyond Walls, Clocks and Calendars.” Colorado Legacy Foundation and Colorado Department of Education, Sept. 2011. Web. 01 Nov. 2011.
Education Sector Silva, Elena. “Teachers at Work: Improving Teacher Quality Through School Design.” Education Sector. 19 Oct. 2009.
National Center for Time and Learning Kaplan, Claire, and Roy Chan. Time Well Spent: Eight Powerful Practices of Successful, Expanded-Time Schools.” Boston: National Center on Time & Learning, Sep 2011. Brooklyn Generation School’s College & Career Intensives are featured on page 60. Download
Our Story in Video
Salon Focuses on Improving Education. TedXDu: Furman Brown. TEDxTalks, 02 June 2011. Web.
TEDxDU Salon Focuses on Improving Education.” Web blog post. University of Denver. Morgridge College of Education, 16 May 2011.
Nearly 200 people gathered on May 13 at the University of Denver’s Morgridge College of Education to hear Furman Brown (BA Mass Communications ’88); Ulcca Hansen, Colorado Legacy Foundation; and State Senator Mike Johnston (D-33), to share their thoughts on how to improve schools. It was the fourth in a series of TEDxDU Salons that served as preview events for TEDxDU, a local TED-style conference.
Articles about Our Model, Brooklyn Generation & West Generation Academy
Center for Teaching Quality Center for Teaching Quality. “Resources Overview: Ten Questions for Smart School Districts to Answer About Effective Teachers and Teaching.” Center for Teaching Quality. 12 Jan. 2011. See Question 8 that references Generation Schools Network as a system example of the creation of a smaller learning communities and professional development opportunities for teachers to learn from and observe one another and analyze student data to improve practice.
Denver Classroom Teachers Association “On West Generation Academy’s Innovation Application.” Denver Classroom Teachers Association, 19 Jan. 2012. Web. 8 Feb. 2012.
The Denver Post Robles, Yesenia. “Details Emerge on New Academies at Denver’s West High School – The Denver Post.” 4 November 2011.
Denver Westword Blogs Whipple, Kelsey. “West High: Meet the Two New academies Moving into the Low-performing School next Year – Denver News – The Latest Word.” The Denver Westword Blogs. 03 Nov. 2011.
Educational Leadership Gabrieli, Chris. “Time — It’s Not Always Money.” Educational Leadership: 24-29. Educational Leadership – December 2011/January 2012. Web. 07 Feb. 2012.
Silva, Elena. “Rebuild It and They Will Come.” Educational Leadership May 2010: 60-65.
Education News Colorado Brennan, Charlie. “DPS Delays Start of School Year.” EdNewsColorado | Colorado’s Comprehensive Site for Education News and Analysis. Ed News Colorado, 19 Jan. 2012.
Brennan, Charlie. “Fresh Hope for West High Turnaround.” EdNewsColorado | Colorado’s Comprehensive Site for Education News and Analysis . Education News Colorado, 3 November 2011.
Brennan, Charlie. “Report Urges DPS to Slow Charter Push.” EdNewsColorado | Colorado’s Comprehensive Site for Education News and Analysis . Education News Colorado, 6 June 2011.
Fox 31 Denver – KDVR “Recommendation: Phase-out Denver West H.S. – KDVR.” Live Morning Show. Fox 31. KDVR-TV, Denver, CO, 7 June 2011. Denver News, Denver Weather, Colorado Weather, Sports & Politics | FOX31 Denver – KDVR. 07 June 2011.
Ladies Home Journal Guernsey, Lisa, and Sonia Harmon. “America’s Most Amazing Schools: Brooklyn Generation – Brooklyn, New York.” Ladies Home Journal Aug. 2010.
Marshall Memo 327 “A Brooklyn High School Schedules Differently.” A Weekly Round-up of Important Ideas and Research in K-12 Education. Marshall Memo 327, 15 Mar. 2010.
Massachusetts 2020 Mass 2020. Staggered Schedules at Brooklyn Generation HS: Cost Saving Solution to Increased Learning Time. Summit on More Time for Learning: Increased Learning Time Strategies to Catalyze School Turnaround, 15 Oct. 2010. See “Getting to an 8-Hour Day — Adding More Time Than You Think You Can” to see Brooklyn Generation High School Staggered Schedules Profile.
National Center on Time & Learning “An Expanded Year; Brooklyn Generation School (Brooklyn, NY).” NCTL E-Newsletter (Nov. 2010).
The New York Times Ubiñas, Luis A. and Chris Gabrieli. “Shortchanged by the Bell.” The New York Times 23 Aug 2011. The Opinion Pages.
Gootman, Elissa. “Lafayette Among 5 High Schools to Close.” The New York Times 12 December 2006.
Progressive Policy Institute Taylor, Kristen. “An Innovative Way to Improve Teacher Quality | Progressive Fix.” Progressive Fix – The Place for Pragmatic Progressives. Progressive Policy Institute, 2 Dec. 2009.
Books Featuring Generation Schools
Hyland, Nora E. “Chapter 21 Generation Schools: A Comprehensive Urban School Reform Model.” Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization; Innovative and Successful Practices for the Twenty-first Century. Ed. Andrea Honigsfeld and Audrey Cohan. Portland: Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2010. 153-60.
Generation Schools Featured on Our Partner’s Sites
Arbor Brothers “Generation Schools.” Arbor Brothers: Engaged Philanthropy.
Blue Ridge Foundation New York “Generation Schools.”Blue Ridge Foundation New York.
Echoing Green ~ Fellowship Award “Furman Brown.” Echoing Green. 2004.
Education Pioneers “Partner: Generation Schools.” Education Pioneers. Web. Accessed 12 Jan. 2011. From 2007 to 2010 six Summer Graduate School Fellows have been placed with Generation Schools.
The Ford Foundation $100 Million to Transform Secondary Education in the Most Disadvantaged Schools. The Ford Foundation. 9 Nov. 2009.
New York City Department of Education I-Zone “Brooklyn Generation School.” I-Zone Time and Staffing. New York City Department of Education. The Innovation Zone is a community of networks and schools who are redesigning the K-12 experience around each individual learner. There are 8 schools involved in the iZone Time and Staffing Pilot including Brooklyn Generation School.
Blog Posts
The Center for High Impact Philanthropy Rosqueta, Katherina. “Re: High Impact Holiday Giving.” Weblog comment. The Center for High Impact Philanthropy. School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, 24 Dec. 2010.
The Center for High Impact Philanthropy “Events“ Adele Tay Fabrikant, Managing Director, Northeast Region, Generation Schools, was a panelist on “High Impact Philanthropy to Improve Teaching Quality” on April 21, 2011 at The Penn Club of NY
The Center for High Impact Philanthropy Weblog comment. Twitter/@ImpactSP2. 21 Apr. 2011. “Generation Schools bang for buck: avg annual cost $8,400 per high school student=Four times greater growth in learning #DonorEdu11″
Colorado Confluence Harvey, Steve. “West Generation Academy.” Generation Schools. Colorado Confluence, 18 Feb. 2012. Web.
The Donnell-Kay Foundation Tabor, Kristina. “Generation Schools Comes to Denver « Donnellkay.” The Donnell-Kay Foundation Blog. 16 Nov. 2011. Web.
Echoing Green “Re: Brooklyn Generation School Featured In Education Week.” Web log comment. Echoing Green. 22 Mar. 2010.
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