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Annotated Bibliography

Mitchell, L. S. (1950). Our children and our schools; a picture and analysis of how
today's public school teachers are meeting the challenge of new knowledge and new
cultural needs. New York: Simon and Schuster

The book focuses on the extensive work of a group of professionals, Bank Street, who have
bound themselves together for research, teaching of children, teacher education, and
professional improvement. The author of this book writes about the twelve early
experimental schools in which she worked with. The various parts of the book are as follows:
what our schools are leaving, our public schools in action, broad learnings and implications
of workshop experience, and lastly what next. Following the end of these chapters is
examples of methods to use with different grade levels in the classroom. This book informs
the readers on the development of the school system and how it needs to change for the
future.

Socorro Independent School District. (2016). Retrieved May 13, 2016, from
http://www.sisd.net/Page/6

The Socorro Independent School District is one of the fastest growing school districts in the
state of Texas serving more than 45,200 students with innovative instruction in state-of-the
art facilities. SISD is an outstanding educational institution having been named a two-time
Broad Prize finalist and having earned TEA Met Standards status three years in a row.

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The District is dedicated to offering the best education in all 47 of its campuses focusing on
student achievement for all students. SISD educators are highly qualified and work to ensure
all students, including special populations such as low-income, bilingual, special education
and military students, have the best resources and instruction to succeed. The District
operates on a year-round calendar and has a long tradition of success. It is committed to
"Achieve Success as a Team" so that all students are college and career-ready when they
graduate from SISD schools.