It examines the evidence supporting the most
common school improvement strategies: school choice; reconstitutions, or massive personnel changes; and school closures.
Not exact matches
Using a framework like Tony Bryk's five essential supports for
school improvement or Greg Anrig's five common strategies of successful School Improvement Grants, states can determine which schools have some or many building blocks in place for improvement and which schools d
school improvement or Greg Anrig's five common strategies of successful School Improvement Grants, states can determine which schools have some or many building blocks in place for improvement and which scho
improvement or Greg Anrig's five
common strategies of successful
School Improvement Grants, states can determine which schools have some or many building blocks in place for improvement and which schools d
School Improvement Grants, states can determine which schools have some or many building blocks in place for improvement and which scho
Improvement Grants, states can determine which
schools have some or many building blocks in place for
improvement and which scho
improvement and which
schools do not.
If you believe autonomy, cooperation, and some degree of commitment are necessary to make things like the
Common Core,
School Improvement Grants, or teacher evaluation deliver (and I do), then this is a
strategy that ensures lots of troubled implementation and disappointing outcomes.
My Hamilton Project proposal explains how ESSA's new SNS language has the potential to unlock Title I funds for struggling students, allowing districts to spend Title I on broader
school improvement strategies — such as improving a
school's core curriculum, or implementing
common planning time for teachers — rather than working around the edges.
From there, it presents the research findings cutting across these
strategies by addressing the evidence on test score trends, teacher evaluation, «miracle»
schools, the
Common Core State Standards,
school choice, the newly emerging
school improvement industry, and re ‐ segregation, among others.
While each of the states featured in the report have pursued a unique combination of approaches to reduce suspensions, three
common strategies were at the core of their success: each state collected and analyzed comprehensive
school discipline data from their systems; they regularly shared
school discipline metrics with policymakers, educational leaders, and the public; and they used that data to drive and shape legislative and administrative
improvements.