Background
Bartoli, Jill Sunday was born on May 17, 1945 in Carlisle. Daughter of Harvey Preston and Helen Elizabeth (Hershey) Sunday.
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It is not news that drop-out and illiteracy rates are at an all-time high in our city schools. But you rarely hear about the success stories - stories in which teachers, community organizers, and other urban warriors are working at the front lines in support of equal educational opportunity and universal human rights. Jill Bartoli takes an up-close look at two such schools and reveals the successful teaching, learning, and relationship building that is happening in spite of the odds. Bartoli dispels the myth that public schools with low-income and high student-of-color populations suffer from a poor education and problematic parent and community relations - the two Philadelphia schools she profiles prove otherwise. She offers examples of city folks creating an ecology for successful learning, including observations and interview data from teachers, parents, students, school leaders, and community members. Even successful schools have their failures so Bartoli's "warts and all" approach recognizes the barriers and difficulties that can impact a city system. Throughout the book, Bartoli emphasizes two aspects of teaching and learning that are too often missing from research on education - relationships and context - which, when recognized and acted upon, can result in better learning for students and teachers in more democratic schools.
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Reading and language arts researcher and educator
Bartoli, Jill Sunday was born on May 17, 1945 in Carlisle. Daughter of Harvey Preston and Helen Elizabeth (Hershey) Sunday.
Bachelor in English and Speech, University Kentucky, 1966. Master of Arts in English, University Kentucky, 1967. Master of Education in Reading, Shippensburg University, 1977.
Doctor of Philosophy in Language Arts and Family Literacy, University Pennsylvania, 1986.
Teacher English and speech Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1969-1973. Lecturer English Pennsylvania State University, York, 1968-1969. Research associate University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1988-1989, lecturer, 1987-1989.
Associate professor Elizabethtown (Pennsylvania) College, since 1990. Director college-school partnership Elizabethtown and Steelton School District, since 1989, Lancaster School District, 1998-2003. Director research grant, writer, since 1992, partnership with Harrisburg School District, since 2002.
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Organizer, member Social Justice Coalition, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, since 1990. Member community service committee Elizabethtown College, since 1992. Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Council Teachers of English (member nominating committee 1980-1992, presenter), National Association for Education of Young Children, American Educational Research Association (session chairperson 1985-1996), International Reading Association, Kappa Delta Pi (counselor since 1992), Phi Delta Kappa.
Married James Carl Bartoli, June 26, 1971. Children: David Carl, Daniel Joseph, Stephen Mario, Catherine Elizabeth, Patrick Preston.