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Publication Commentary on: "For Safety 's Sake: A Case Study of School Security Efforts and Their Impact on Education Reform"(2012-01-01) Sokoloff, HarrisInvited commentary on the article "For Safety’s Sake: A Case Study of School Security Efforts and their Impact on Education Reform" by Rachel Garver and Pedro Noguera.Publication Building Common Ground: Public Engagement, Promising Practices(2012-01-01) Sokoloff, Harris; Bertz, Lilly; Hansen-Flaschen, Lauren; Tierno, Christina; Wallace, JonWith increasing frequency, people in both the government and civic spheres are asked to find and use evidence-based solutions for community problems: solutions that have been proven to produce effective results. Public sector employees often lack the resources and time to mine for promising practices to address challenges their cities and towns are facing. In response to this need, Fels Research & Consulting Group created the Promising Practice series, which compiles public sector solutions on timely subjects in accessible reports. This report is the fourth in the Promising Practices series. To view the Promising Practices series, visit: www.fels.upenn.edu/Consulting-PublicationsPublication The Substance of Restructuring(1991-06-01) Sokoloff, HarrisDistricts across the country have designed and implemented a variety of "shared governance" structures; the impetus being an alienated teaching force.Publication Deliberative City Planning on the Philadelphia Waterfront(2005-01-01) Sokoloff, Harris; Steinberg, Harris MDevelopment and revitalization in Philadelphia has suffered for years under the weight of a political culture that discourages public input. Backroom deals and personal relationships have often seemed to define the "public interest." This is the story of one attempt to give the public a voice in city planning and development.Publication Toward a Theory of Thematic Curricula: Constructing New Learning Environments for Teachers & Learners(1995-09-01) Freeman, Carole Cook; Sokoloff, HarrisA theory of thematic curriculum emerged during the development of a unit on pets, entitled Pets & Me. The unit was designed through a school/university partnership for children pre-school to grade 5. Analysis of data collected during the unit's development and field tests supports a dynamic view of curriculum that challenges policy makers to rethink policies that begin from a view of curriculum as a static list of "facts" to be learned or "topics" to be mastered. Reflection on the project led to the differentiation of three distinct constructs: (1) facts and information, (2) topics, and (3) themes. Each of these three constructs plays a different role in children's learning. Facts focus on basic information and narrowly defined ideas understood as discrete items. Topics provide a context for facts and information, and present a way of organizing discrete bits of information into classes of experience recognizable by scholars within traditional disciplines. Themes defined as broad existential questions, transcend disciplines, allowing learners to integrate the information and the topic within the full range of human experience. All three are important elements of thematic curriculum.Publication Electoral Deliberation and Public Journalism(2005-01-01) Charles, Michelle; Satullo, Chris; Sokoloff, HarrisOn a sunny Saturday in May 1999, citizens streamed into an auditorium on the University of Pennsylvania campus, wending their way around television trucks and a maze of wires. Inside, seated on a stage, were the five candidates for the Democratic nomination for mayor of Philadelphia. The debate that was about to begin had produced some real buzz. This race to succeed the wildly popular Ed Rendell as mayor was generating tremendous interest and anxiety. Rendell had rescued the city from bankruptcy and near despair in the early 1990s, restoring a sense of forward civic momentum. Now, from the glass towers of Market Street to the row houses of Bustleton, a sense of urgency bubbled.Publication Commentary on "For Safety's Sake: A Case Study of School Security Efforts and Their Impact on Education Reform"(2012-01-01) Sokoloff, HarrisInvited commentary on the article "For Safety’s Sake: A Case Study of School Security Efforts and their Impact on Education Reform" by Rachel Garver and Pedro Noguera.Publication Schools as Places Where Children Learn to Make a Better World: The Possibilities of Exploring Themes in Curriculum(1996) Freeman, Carole Cook; Sokoloff, Harris