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Speaking about the federal models for schools identified as Persistently Lowest Achieving, Mulgrew said that the union could not come to an agreement with the DOE on the transformation or turnaround models because the UFT wanted a teacher to be able to discuss an informal observation write - up with an administrator, but the DOE refused to require that.

During a meeting with The Buffalo News Editorial Board on Tuesday, Cuomo said that decisions about school turnaround plans and how teachers will be evaluated should be made locally.

WBFO»S Focus on Education reporter Eileen Buckley asks Interim Buffalo Schools Superintendent Don Ogilvie about deadline for proposed turnaround plans for failing city sSchools Superintendent Don Ogilvie about deadline for proposed turnaround plans for failing city schoolsschools.

She is also working on a book about school turnaround driven by her personal experiences through her brother, Maurice, who was functionally illiterate as a result of failures in the public school system and died at a young age.

In Finland, world renowned for its successful public school system, I talked to leading school improvement consultant and teacher, Mikko Salonen (of ENIRDELM, the European education network) about his work to help struggling schools turnaround and become more successful.

In Massachusetts, about two - thirds of schools in turnaround adapted significant changes in the first year and then used years two and three to imbed those changes.

In the world of schooling, the majority of highly successful turnaround cases seem to be those where an individual educator had not only the right idea about instruction, but also the tenacity to bend or break those rules that would have prevented meaningful changes at the school level.

Video: Andy Smarick talks with Education Next about why the Obama administration needs to rethink its embrace of turnarounds and adopt a new strategy for the nation's persistently failing schools.

Nevertheless, the die is cast, I've lost, and we're about to pursue school turnarounds with vigor.

I was alarmed at how much we were spending on SIG and the awful track record of previous turnaround efforts, and I was sure that districts would pick weak interventions and that kids were going to continue languishing in these schools while we went about this misguided adventure.

I've obviously made up my mind about School Improvement Grants (SIG) and other school turnaround efSchool Improvement Grants (SIG) and other school turnaround efschool turnaround efforts.

The administration's fixation on turnarounds is a major mistake... We are about to embark on another ill - fated mission to improve America's most troubled schools.

Despite the increasingly impressive performance of many charter schools nationally and some stunning charter - driven turnarounds at Sacramento High in California and other sites, the Prudent Expansionists doubt that charter folks know any more than traditional educators do about turning around failing schools en masse.

Andy Smarick talks with Education Next about why the Obama administration needs to rethink its embrace of turnarounds and adopt a new strategy for the nation's persistently failing schools.

And in districts where superintendents know which principals they should move into the turnaround schools, there are concerns about what happens to the progress achieved in those leaders» former schools once they are moved.

Leaders in the schools that we studied began their remarkable turnarounds by making tough calls — and many of those decisions were about how to use resources.

In the meantime, schools desperately need principals who are trained to bring about massive turnarounds in performance.

About 20 percent of the SIG schools chose the second option, the «turnaround» model, which required replacing at least half the staff.

Join the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in learning more about the importance of leadership coaching and leadership academies as part of the larger school turnaround effort.

About: for - profit school - turnaround company started by former New York City Schools Superintendent Rudy Crew; now run by Manny Rivera, former deputy secretary for education for New York.

Nationwide, school - turnaround consulting companies sprouted as it became clear the U.S. Department of Education was about to spend billions of dollars to fix the nation's bottom 5 percent of schools in academic performance.

It is not uncommon to find some of the state's current worst schools to have been talked about as remarkable turnarounds sometime in the last decade because of an upturn in performance, a new program or leader.

After hearing directly from parents who described their concerns about school turnaround proposals, these concerns were set aside — as a practical matter, they were ignored.

Grier read Fryer's groundbreaking research and wasted no time in calling him about partnering to tackle the turnaround of HISD's failing schools.

For these seven schools the authors collected comprehensive data about the how and why districts and schools pursued certain strategies to overcome turnaround implementation obstacles related to the five practices.

Bennett spoke to StateImpact about the comments of school turnaround company officials at last week's meeting of the State Board.

We recently posted about the story of Lowery Elementary, a turnaround school led by a visionary principal focused on using positive reinforcement to significantly increase...

The administration's models for school turnarounds have been criticized because they often require the replacement of the principal and other school staff members, and questions have been raised about whether the approach is based in research.

In 2012 and 2013, IES asked 49 states and the District of Columbia about their capacity to support failing schools receiving federal turnaround money.

The series includes a guide to help district and state leaders choose the best restructuring option for each school, updated in a 2nd edition released in 2009, and white papers identifying what we know from research about when the first four restructuring options under NCLB work: reopening as a charter school, contracting with external providers, turnarounds with new leaders and staff, and state takeovers.

Julie Kowal offers expert advice about strategies for motivating and redeploying staff, and discusses the district's role in supporting principals» staffing changes in turnaround schools.

The research on turnaround schools is clear about one thing — the frequent analysis of data by teachers, principals, and counselors is essential for moving low - performing schools forward.

For example, they can be more intentional about selecting and training principals who can serve as «turnaround» leaders, redeploy the most talented teachers and leaders to targeted schools, and provide principals with the flexibility to make necessary staff changes (Player, Hambrick Hitt, & Robinson, 2014; Council of the Great City Schools,schools, and provide principals with the flexibility to make necessary staff changes (Player, Hambrick Hitt, & Robinson, 2014; Council of the Great City Schools,Schools, 2015).

The district and school have an effective communication plan to inform the community about the turnaround plan and gain their support.

Leaders in schools like Granger and Dayton's Bluff began their remarkable turnarounds by making tough calls — and many of those decisions were about how to use resources.

He will speak about school turnarounds on June 22 at the National Charter School Conference in Washington DC, and he will discuss teacher quality July 2 at the National Education Association annual meeting in San school turnarounds on June 22 at the National Charter School Conference in Washington DC, and he will discuss teacher quality July 2 at the National Education Association annual meeting in San School Conference in Washington DC, and he will discuss teacher quality July 2 at the National Education Association annual meeting in San Diego.

His leadership style brings me back to a quote about failing schools and school turnaround from former Interim APS Superintendent, Errol Davis:

More specifically, looking at the data from state school report cards has taught us to question every dramatic claim that Mr. Duncan makes about individual turnaround schools.

Tapped in 2012 to lead a turnaround of the failing 652 - student school, Brengard and an almost completely new staff launched a new project - based learning environment and set about changing from the top down the culture of the school, which he said was «in a rut» because teaching had become so hyper - focused on standardized testing outcomes.

Working with the Pittsburgh Federation Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, SEIU Health Care PA, and Action United Pittsburgh, PIIN will begin building public awareness about the community schools model and organizing a large - scale public demand for community schools to be Pittsburgh's turnaround model.

One promising strategy to dramatically improve chronically low performing schools is known as a «turnaround» — a quick, dramatic, sustained improvement in performance brought about by a highly - capable leader.

Senate lawmakers continued talks about school turnaround Wednesday, specifically discussing how much involvement the state should have in the process.

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On the eve of a potentially catastrophic Board of Education vote to turnaround ten more Chicago schools, the school reform research group Designs for Change has released a report showing that school turnarounds are not worth the extra expense, and that the unheralded reforms brought about under the authority of parent - led, democratically - elected local school councils have been far more effective.

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One thing holding up King's decision might be an arbitration process that the city and United Federation of Teachers have entered into to resolve a dispute about labor rules at the 24 proposed turnaround schools.

Chicago charter and turnaround schools do just about as well as CPS schools overall, and many carry federal and / or local failure labels.

While local SFC leaders are claiming that they «just want to have an open conversation» about ways to improve schools, they seem pretty fixated on the turnaround model.

Three E4E members appeared on NY1's Inside City Hall just hours after the state supreme court ruled on New York City's 24 turnaround schools and spoke about their experiences at the schools and addressing the need for teacher voice through E4E.

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