Redesigning High School: Student-Centered and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Hosted by LPI’s Center for School and System Redesign
Co-sponsored by UCLA Center for Community Schooling and the John W. Gardner Center for Youth
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Most schools are not designed to educate today’s students to face the challenges of our time. Too many young people still experience the factory-style model of learning prevalent in U.S. high schools, which emphasizes uniformity, efficiency, and rote learning. There are schools that have been successfully redesigned to prepare students for a global workforce, and they offer a powerful blueprint for creating learning environments that are more humane, enriching, and productive than our current models.
Effective schools create an environment that is identity-safe—where all students feel welcomed and included, where their identities and cultures are not a cause for exclusion but a strength to be valued and celebrated. Presenters will highlight how to design instructional strategies that build on students’ knowledge, identities, and interests using culturally responsive practices and Universal Design for Learning as interrelated frameworks.
Speakers
- Chela Delgado, Faculty Advisor, Berkeley Teacher Education Program
- Dan French, Senior Advisor, Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment
- Zaretta Hammond, Founder and CEO, Transformative Learning Solutions LLC
- Cheryl Jones-Walker, Director, Center for School and System Redesign, Learning Policy Institute
- Agnes Zapata, English Teacher, Oakland Unified School District
