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Biography
Charlie Tocci has spent the past decade working in and researching urban schools. He is currently assistant professor in the secondary education department at National-Louis. Prior to joining the NLU faculty, Charlie was a senior research associate at the National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University. Prior to that, he taught high school social studies at South Shore Community Academy in Chicago. Charlie's research includes investigation of the history of grades (as in A, B, C's) in order to better understand current reform efforts centering on assessment and testing. He has also researched and published on the creation of and implementation of inquiry-based curricula as well as the small schools reform movement in United States cities. His current work investigates the roles of grading and assessment in social studies classrooms that engage students in inquiry-based learning.Education
EdD from Teachers College, Columbia University in Curriculum & Teaching (2009)EdM from Teachers College
Columbia University in Anthropology & Education (2005)
MAT from NLU in Secondary Education (2003)
BS from Suffolk University in History (2000)
Publications
An immanent machine: Reconsidering grades, historical & present. (In Press; Published Online June, 2008).
Educational Philosophy & Theory. Uncontrollable education through immersion: An InterFuture curriculum. (2009).
Lead author with Azzaro, A., Cohen, H., & Wallerius, K. Parallax: Journal of International Perspectives, VI(1). NCREST practice brief #2: Key dimensions in advisory programs. (2008).
With Allen, D. New York: NCREST. Supporting students' success through distributed counseling: A core principle for small schools. (2006).
With Allen, D., Nichols, P., Hochman, D., & Gross, K. Lake Success, NY: Institute for Student Achievement.
Presentations
Uncontrollable education through immersion: An InterFuture curriculum. Panel organizer, chair, and discussant. Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, 2009.
What escaped when grade-machines were deployed? Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, 2008.
Advisory groups in small high schools: A strategy for supporting at-risk students. With David Allen. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, 2008.
How does this impact students and teachers? Exploring the "significance" of educational research in relation to curriculum. Organizer of interactive panel presentation. American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, Seventh Annual Meeting, 2008.
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