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Prioritizing Urban Children, Teachers, and Schools Through Professional Development Schoolsreviewed by Barbara Beyerbach - July 16, 2009 Title: Prioritizing Urban Children, Teachers, and Schools Through Professional Development Schools Author(s): Pia Lindquist Wong and Ronald David Glass (eds.) Publisher: State University of New York Press, Albany ISBN: 1438425937, Pages: 288, Year: 2009 Search for book at Amazon.comTo view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Barbara Beyerbach
SUNY Oswego
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DR. BARBARA BEYERBACH is a professor of education in the department of Curriculum and Instruction, teaching Culturally Relevant Teaching and Co-directing Project SMART (Student-Centered, Multicultural, Active, Real-World Teaching), a professional development project to transform educational institutions K-16 through social justice pedagogy. Collaborating with colleagues across divisions of the University, with community partners, with schools from Oswego County, Syracuse City School District, the Onondaga Nation, New York City, and most recently with School Inspectors from Benin West Africa, Project SMART has grown from an elementary teacher inquiry science- focused professional development initiative to a multifaceted, multi subject K-16 urban rural network of teacher leaders who are actively engaged in school reform. SMART has received funding from NCLB TLQP, NSF, DDE Eisenhower Title II, and a variety of business and industry partners. Along with co-director Burrell, Beyerbach serves on the board of the national GESA (Generating Expectations for Student Achievement) Educational Alliance as Senior Research Associate. She collaborates with the NYS K-16 Alliance in supporting the dissemination of this award winning equity pedagogy program throughout schools in NYS and beyond, and has conducted evaluation studies on the impact of GESA.
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