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NCUST Presentations

• Expert Noticing in High-Performing Schools originally presented at the SAM conference in Phoenix, AZ, January 28, 2012
• Teaching in High-Performing Title I Schools originally presented at the 2012 National Title I Conference in Seattle, WA, January 21-24, 2012
• Teaching that Improves Learning and Leadership that Improves Learning  originally presented at the NEA Priority Schools Conference in New Orleans, LA, Nov 12-15, 2011
• NCUST Excellence in Urban Education Award Application Procedures and Criteria originally presented during webinar September 30th 2011
• Creating High-Performing Schools that Serve Students Well originally presented to ACSA Region 18 Professional Development Forum, San Diego, CA, September 29, 2011
• 2011 NCACE Toward Excellent Schools for All North Carolina Assoc. of Compensatory Educators, October 29, 2010
• 2011 Leading Transformation: Lessons from High-Performing Schools Association of California School Administrators 2010 Leadership Summit, November 4, 2010
• 2011 Teaching in High Performing Urban Schools
• 2011 Leading in High Performing Urban Schools
• 2011 Creating District Conditions that Promote Academic Success in Title I Schools - Administrators and Coordinators Workshop, March 30, 2011
• 2010 “Key Characteristics of Top Performing Schools” California School Board Association Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 3, 2010
• 2010 “Focusing on Mastery: Teaching in America’s Best Urban Schools” California Educational Research Association Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 18, 2010.
• 2010 “Leading Successful School Turnarounds: Learning from NCUST Research and Practice” Los Angeles, CA, September 30, 2010
• 2010 “Lessons from High Performing Schools for Teaching, Learning, and Leadership” Michigan Teaching and Learning Institute August 24, 2010
• 2010 “The Best Teaching in The Best Urban Schools” SDSU April 8, 2010
• 2009 “Nothing is Easy But Everything is Possible” St. Louis Black Leadership Roundtable January 25, 2009
• 2008 “Irvine Foundation Continuation High School Study.” NCUST, in collaboration with many  researchers  from WestEd at Stanford’s John Gardner center, have conducted an extensive study in California’s high schools.

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Expert Interview

The Enacted Curriculum

Joseph F. Johnson, Jr., Ph.D. National Center for Urban School Transformation Listen to Dr. Joseph Johnson discuss how high-performing schools align curricula to state standards, teach the content with a focus on student learning, and prioritize core content to improve student learning.

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Listen to NCUST’s leading researchers Drs. Lynne Perez and Joseph Johnson discuss their research article on Educational Leadership