Readings

Readings by Academy Groups

All Summer Academy participants read the Anchor Readings. Each group may also focus on a few other readings during the Academy as follows:

Anchor Reading (for everyone)

• The New Frontier: An Integrated Framework for Equity & Transformative Improvement in Education (Sheryl Petty)
• Research Foundations of the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts (P. David Pearson)
• Creating the Roadmap to English Learner Success (Francisca Sánchez)

New Coaches / Teacher Leaders (First NUA Experience and First NUA Academy)

• Jackson, Y., The Pedagogy of Confidence: Inspiring High Intellectual Performance in Urban Schools:
  • pages_01-10
  • pages_13-27
  • pages_70-85

Teacher Leaders/Coaches (Years 2+ 2 Years or More of NUA Academy)

• Excerpt: Bransford, J. Brown, A. & Cocking, R. How People Learn, p. 14-19
• Excerpt: Chapter 4 of Hammond & Nessel, The Comprehension Experience (Heinemann, 2011, p. 87-90)

Administrators

• Authorizing Students’ Perspectives: Toward Trust, Dialogue, and Change in Education (Alison Cook-Sather)