Resources from District Community Voices Organized and Informed for Change in Education (DC Voice)

District Community Voices Organized and Informed for Change in Education (DC Voice)

Resource Title: New Teacher Survey
Price: Free on request; on Web site
Author: Tahi Mottl Reynolds, Ph.D.
Description: The most comprehensive feedback from DCPS teachers now available, particularly from new teachers, this survey was conducted at the end of the 2002-2003 school year and contains teacher views on: - professional develoment - new teacher supports such as orientation and mentoring - the general classroom conditions needed to promote quality teaching for every child.

Resource Title: The Demand for Information for Educational Decision Making in the District of Columbia: A Public Discourse
Price: Free on request; on Web site
Author: Michele Moser, Heath Brown, Barbara Frank, George Washington University; Tahi Reynolds, Ph.D., Erika Landberg, Alyssa Alston, Samuel Rosaldo, DC VOICE
Description: This report on the education information study conducted by DC VOICE and the Public Education Research Consortium (PERC) contains three sections: 1. Major findings from other states and districts with exemplary information systems 2. Washington DC survey and focus group results 3. Implications and recommendations. Both the full report and the abridged version, Information Please!, are available on the DC VOICE Web site.

Resource Title: Youth Voices Front and Center: D.C. Youth Speak Up About Their Education
Price: Free on request; on Web site
Author: Erika Landberg and Corae Briscoe
Description: This report is based on seven discussion groups conducted with more than 60 youth ages 14-20 during December 2003-January 2004. Students daid they want their class wrok to: - be connected to their present and future lives, and - meet individual student needs by addressing different learning styles and giving special attention to those who have fallen behind.