Sentences with phrase «dramatic school turnaround»

In 2010, Baltimore City Public Schools launched a dramatic school turnaround effort in Frederick Douglass High that resulted in hiring a new principal and replacing more than 50 percent of its staff.

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But how does a school that was among the lowest performing in the state experience such a dramatic turnaround in such a short time?

In a dramatic turnaround from its previous strong support for charter schools, the Buffalo, N.Y., school board voted last week to impose a one - year moratorium on allowing more of the independently operated public schools.

Their earlier work on this topic includes School Turnarounds: A Review of Cross-Sector Evidence on Dramatic Organizational Improvement (Center on Innovation and Improvement, 2007), and Julie Kowal and Emily Ayscue Hassel, Turnarounds with New Leaders and Staff (Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, 2005).

The guide, «Turning Around Chronically Low - Performing Schools» (ies.ed.gov / ncee / wwc / practiceguides), cites teacher collaboration as a frequent approach to improving instruction in 35 chronically low - performing schools that achieved dramatic turnarounds (substantial gains in student achievement within three Schools» (ies.ed.gov / ncee / wwc / practiceguides), cites teacher collaboration as a frequent approach to improving instruction in 35 chronically low - performing schools that achieved dramatic turnarounds (substantial gains in student achievement within three schools that achieved dramatic turnarounds (substantial gains in student achievement within three years).

Other leadership actions that nurture school turnarounds include (1) sending a clear signal that dramatic change is urgently needed, (2) maintaining a consistent focus on improving instruction, (3) making visible improvements quickly, and (4) building a staff that is committed to the school's improvement goals.

Research suggests that school turnaround is possible in the presence of a concerted strategy and comprehensive, dramatic actions.

Torres revitalized a New York elementary school, instigating a dramatic turnaround for the 700 prekindergarten through 5th grade students who attend PS 55.

How largely African American Oak Park schools near Detroit, Michigan, became a Michigan success story and why Governor John Engler touts them as an example of how a low - achieving school can experience a dramatic turnaround.

A low - performing California school district experienced a dramatic turnaround when faculty members began studying student assessment data and working together to ensure students had the support they needed.

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.

Steps include: making a commitment to dramatic change, choosing turnarounds for the right schools, developing a pipeline of turnaround leaders, providing leaders extra flexibility, holding schools accountable, prioritizing teacher hiring for turnaround schools, and proactively engaging the community.

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.

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Six high - performing / high - poverty schools provide insights into what it takes to make a dramatic turnaround.

«I think that's one of the most dramatic examples of a successful turnaround — the support among families knowing they have better schools for their kids in their neighborhood.»

Still, word of the dramatic turnaround has spread: principals and administrators from other failing high schools as far away as Chicago have been touring New Dorp.

February 2012 — The University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research found that four years after undergoing dramatic reform efforts, including turnarounds, low - performing elementary schools in Chicago closed the achievement gap in test scores by almost half in reading and two - thirds in math compared to similar schools that did not receive intervention.

Greenacre opens as Great Yarmouth Primary Academy, marking the start of a dramatic turnaround for the school.

These results were mostly found in schools that implemented the SIG turnaround model, which, among other things, compels more dramatic staff turnover.

Restarts represent a more dramatic intervention compared with internal school turnaround initiatives, and a preferable alternative to closing schools when students do not have access to other quality options.

Many districts didn't like working with these groups, and after the Evansville school district made dramatic improvements in its failing schools using the turnaround method, legislators approved the idea for statewide use.

But that statement comes as Detroit prepares to move schools into the Educational Achievement System, a new special district for Michigan's worst - performing shcools — a change that could have dramatic consequences depending on which turnaround plans are used for its schools.

In contrast, the approach under waivers, dubbed turnaround, was much more focused — applying only to the 5 percent of schools identified as «priority» schools and based on key principles outlined by the Department (see sidebar Turnaround Principles).62 Fewer schools were part of the effort, but in turn, the effort was much more intensive and required significant changes in school operations, culture, leadership, and practice.63 The hope was that a more disruptive and ambitious strategy will yield dramatic results: after three years, these schools would no longer be in the bottom 5 percent, and another group of schools could be identified to undergo turnaround.

School turnarounds: A review of the cross-sector evidence on dramatic organizational improvement.

Using our unmatched thought leadership and experience with charter schools, turnarounds, and innovations for great teachers and principals, school design, funding, technology, parent support, community engagement and data analysis to help states, localities, districts, charter organizations, funders, and nonprofits choose the right strategies for dramatic improvements.