Bank Street’s Occasional Paper Series Invites Contributions for a New Issue…

“HIGH NEEDS SCHOOLS: PREPARING TEACHERS FOR TODAY’S WORLD”

Bank Street’s Occasional Paper Series is seeking essays that explore what new teachers must know to effectively engage students in a time when changing patterns of immigration, linguistic diversity, widening economic disparities, and resegration of communities are radically changing the educational landscape. Many schools are struggling to meet these challenges while also responding to a continued emphasis on high stakes testing and a growing awareness of individual learning styles. High needs schools, schools lacking in material and/or human resources, paralyzed by inflexible bureaucracies and/or a failure of innovative leadership, exist everywhere. They are especially visible when clustered in urban communities. It is often the newest, sometimes least well prepared teachers, who find themselves assigned to these difficult settings….

For more information, including possible questions/topics to address: http://webstaging.bankstreet.edu/gems/gs/opcallforpapersemotions.pdf

A 250 word letter of intent must be approved prior to submission of a full paper. Letter of intent due 7/1/09; final submissions due 12/1/2009.