The Role of Learning City “Smart Teams” in Promoting, Supporting, and Extending the Community School Model

摘要: Systemic and structural inequities disparities in social, health, economic, educational opportunities result pervasive, complex challenges which impede emotional, behavioral, cognitive development. This exploratory paper considers practices perpetuate inequity offers a framework for thinking about addressing these by convening learning city “Smart Teams” comprised of representative community members working collaboratively visioning, problem solving, decision-making, action taking, policy development to promote, support, extend the school model into fabric community. draws on theoretical consisting self-determination theory conceptual frameworks communities networked expertise activity with goals (1) reimagining helping students actualize new identities as learners contributors society; (2) designing motivating environments offer options collaboration peers, educators, mentors; (3) implementing approaches systematically, yet imaginatively, creatively interpret, tackle propose, incubate, and/or prototype solutions real-world problems; (4) constructing models mitigate impediments teaching.