Publications

Reports and Publications

Gear Up 2009-2010 Report

Turning Point Documentary

Additional Research Publications

Savilla BanisterQuality Images for the Classroom
Savilla Banister & Rene SteingraberJumping into Art History

John Fischer, Lynne Hamer, Judith Zimmerman, Alexander Sidorkin, Art Samel, Lucy Long, and Julie McArthur

The Unlikely Faces of Professional Development in Urban Schools Preparing At-Risk Students and Colleges for One Another

Paige Michalski, Dodi Hodges, Savilla Banister

Digital Storytelling in the Middle Childhood Special Education Classroom: A teacher’s story of adaptations

Andrew Stotz, Savilla Banister and John Fischer

Engaging the Community in Civil War Studies with Digital Video

Joseph Kretovics, Kathleen Farber, and William Armaline

It Ain’t Brain Surgery: Restructuring Schools to Improve the Education of Children Placed at Risk

Nancy Patterson, John Fischer, Anthony Francis, Carey Smith

The large work of small schools: Why social studies teachers and educators should care

Savilla BanisterUsing MIDI in Music Classes
Thomas Misco, Nancy Patterson

An Old Fad of Great Promise: Reverse Chronology History Teaching in Social Studies Classes

Nancy Patterson, Svetlana Beltyukova, Karen Berman, Anthony Francis

The making of sophomores: Student, parent, and teacher reactions in the context of systemic urban high school reform

Xi Zhang, Svetlana Beltyukova, Christine Fox

Student Perceptions of Classroom Environment and
Attitudes Toward Teaching and Learning in East Toledo
Junior High

Jahnine Blosser A description of factors that influence teachers decisions to continue teaching in an urban school
Savilla Banister, John FischerOvercoming the Digital Divide: The Story of an Urban Middle School
John Fischer, Lynne HamerProfessional Development and School Restructuring: Mutual Processes of Reform
Savilla Banister, Rachel VannattaTPCK for Impact: Classroom Teaching Practices That Promote Social Justice and Narrow the Digital Divide in an Urban Middle School
Art Samel, Toni Sondergeld, John Fischer, Nancy PattersonThe Secondary School Pipeline: Longitudinal Indicators of Resilience and Resistance in Urban Schools Under Reform
Toni Sondergeld, Kristin KoskeyEvaluating the Impact of an Urban Comprehensive School Reform: An Illustration of the Need for Mixed Methods
John Fischer, Grzegorz MazurkiewiczExpeditionary Teaching and Learning: One Means of Authentic Education