Böcker av Milbrey W. McLaughlin

This volume examines how organizations advocating on behalf of youth maneuver between grassroots social movements pressing for reform and the established systems of power and authority to improve conditions for youth in urban communities.

Provides illustrations of what teaching for understanding - a concept that portrays teachers as guides, coaches and facilitators of student learning - entails. The authors highlight the central issues for practice, policy and research, to explain how diverse institutions can work together.

Building on evidence that school-based teacher learning communities improve student outcomes, this book lays out an agenda to develop and sustain collaborative professional cultures. It provides an inside look at the processes, resources, and system strategies that are necessary to build vibrant school-based teacher learning communities.