Education's 4 Gaps
1.What are the four gaps?
Opportunity, Expectations, Outcomes, and Leadership
What is the heart of an advocacy strategy?
The mobilization of a network of grassroot activists to contact their elected officials
Which gap can be closed by hiring teachers who expect the best from every child, and getting rid of those who don’t believe in their students’ possibilities?
(The Expectations Gap)
What is the purpose of materials?
To describe the problem and issue, and to make the case for an adoption of a particular policy or change
1.Right now, states, school districts, politicians and educators focus almost entirely on the ____________ gap.
Achievement
What are the four pieces of information to provide in an action alert?
The why, what, who, and when
1.How does the metaphor of a swimming coach apply to the gaps?
A swim coach would never consider their team successful if even one student was left in the pool. Teachers would have to show results, which would force them to develop methods that worked.
What is a grassroots advocate?
People in the community- not professional advocates- who make their voices heard by elected policymakers around issues of common concern.
What were three of the new components brought on by the No Child Left Behind law?
The law proposed by George W. Bush that Congress passed meant that Washington told schools how to run things; more testing, new requirements for teachers, and free tutoring.