Papers by Brian Schultz
Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 2008
Page 1. Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy 70 There Are All Sorts of PossibilitiesAnd Take Notes... more Page 1. Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy 70 There Are All Sorts of PossibilitiesAnd Take Notes TYWON EASTER Chicago Public Schools BRIAN D. SCHULTZ Northeastern Illinois University1 This is a nice piece on an exemplary project of emancipation.... ...
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This study discusses my attempt to improve educational experiences of fifth-grade students living... more This study discusses my attempt to improve educational experiences of fifth-grade students living in public housing. Through reconstruction of my thought processes while teaching and learning with students, the context of social justice-oriented teaching and classroom complexity is revealed. A narrative portrayal emerges demonstrating the impact our theorizing together had on our growth, outlook, and learning in an effort to make substantive change in the community. Although this curriculum was not explicitly grounded in a service learning framework, the processes, activities, and results of the classroom typify the potential and possibilities of a justice and service oriented elementary classroom. Reflections of classroom occurrences and struggles I engaged in privately and with students are conveyed through vignettes of the change-focused, integrated curriculum based on students' priority concernsparticularly the attempt to replace their dilapidated school. The role of theorizing with students and curriculum realizing democratic principles in a poor neighborhood is depicted. Classroom Complexity 2
Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 2008
Page 1. Perspectives 11 Collective Memory, Curriculum Studies, and a Scoffing Dragon: Celebrating... more Page 1. Perspectives 11 Collective Memory, Curriculum Studies, and a Scoffing Dragon: Celebrating the Life, Love, and Legacy of Ann Lynn Lopez Schubert Guest Editors BRIAN D. SCHULTZ Northeastern Illinois University ...
High-stakes, standardized teacher performance assessments (TPAs) are dramatically shifting the la... more High-stakes, standardized teacher performance assessments (TPAs) are dramatically shifting the landscape of educator preparation. In this article, we examine illusions of objectivity and rigor embedded in edTPA, focusing on the reductive nature of standardized teacher assessments and the corrosive impact of the burgeoning TPA industry. We assert that TPAs corrupt the preparation process by discouraging authentic, multifaceted, longitudinal evaluations of candidate readiness, thereby undermining the very rigor and accountability they purport to ensure.
This commentary examines recent controversies surrounding edTPA, a high-stakes, standardized teac... more This commentary examines recent controversies surrounding edTPA, a high-stakes, standardized teacher performance assessment (TPA), focusing on the complex relationships among TPA policy, scholarship, and profit. We argue that TPA mandates have outpaced the research base, thus illustrating the influence of an intensely lucrative educational marketplace. We conclude this essay with a call for independent, peer-reviewed scholarship regarding the validity, reliability, and impact of high-stakes, privatized, teacher performance assessment.
Teachers College Record, Mar 30, 2015
This essay examines the impact of outsourcing teacher preparation and evaluation through high sta... more This essay examines the impact of outsourcing teacher preparation and evaluation through high stakes teacher performance assessments like edTPA. In addition to undermining teacher preparation by marginalizing the local experts best situated to evaluate candidates’ performance, this has led to a growing industry of edTPA-related services. The authors use their own experiences with edTPA “coaching” and scoring to illustrate the inevitable consequences of shifting teacher preparation and evaluation to the private sector.
Chapters by Brian Schultz
This chapter juxtaposes our analysis of dilemmas related to high-stakes Teacher Performance Asses... more This chapter juxtaposes our analysis of dilemmas related to high-stakes Teacher Performance Assessments with excerpts from a recent electronic chat between the authors and a private edTPA “tutor” to illustrate the complexity of preparing candidates for teacher licensure in the midst of neoliberal educational policies. Written as a series of narrative interludes or interruptions—a parallel to how we see edTPA disrupting our work as teacher educators—this chapter offers a rhetorical representation of the absurdity that results from the corporatization of teacher evaluation. In so doing, we seek to highlight the ethical conundrums that outsider evaluation presents across the teacher preparation landscape, while simultaneously modeling critical responses to these disruptive educational policies.
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Papers by Brian Schultz
Chapters by Brian Schultz