Sentences with phrase «federal turnaround school»

The federal turnaround school consisting of 475 students — 99 percent free / reduced lunch and 54 percent ESL — saw such large improvements that it recently was named North Carolina Title One School of the Year.

Not exact matches

People like Randy and Nichole associated the turnaround at their children's school with Hurt more than the federal money.

It was as if everything the school had worked for — a three - year turnaround through a federal grant, a revamping of the facilities and extracurricular activities — was erased by a protest that happened to take place directly across from the school's entrance.

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.

Some education leaders have complained that the federal models are too inflexible and don't put enough emphasis on parent involvement, but a little more than a year later, some turnaround schools are starting to show gains.

In 2009, the federal government overhauled the Title I School Improvement Grant program, increased its value to $ 3.5 billion with money from the recovery act, and spelled out four turnaround options from which perennially failing schools would have to choose to get a share of the funding.

Data released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education on the $ 3.5 billion School Improvement Grant program show that the federal turnaround grants haven't just gone to schools in urban areas, or for less - drastic school improvement efSchool Improvement Grant program show that the federal turnaround grants haven't just gone to schools in urban areas, or for less - drastic school improvement efschool improvement efforts.

Under the Obama administration, the federal government spent over $ 7 billion in an effort to turnaround failing schools via the School Improvement Grant (SIG) program.

Chicago Public Schools and the federal government have invested millions in Marshall and four other turnaround high schools: Fenger, Orr, Phillips, and Schools and the federal government have invested millions in Marshall and four other turnaround high schools: Fenger, Orr, Phillips, and schools: Fenger, Orr, Phillips, and Harper.

In Colorado, as in many other states, the state education department held a consultant fair, where it was apparent «there were vendors coming out of the woodwork» without experience in school turnaround but who knew «there was a lot of money to be made,» said Patrick Chapman, director of federal programs for the state education department.

(1) The federal government doesn't really know what it takes to turnaround failing schools, so it shouldn't be prescriptive.

The Post reviewed Colorado school district budgets and consultant contracts to determine how they were spending their federal turnaround money.

Arguing that current federal reform models are failing struggling rural schools, a new report makes the case for a new «community schools» turnaround option.

The failure of the federal School Improvement Grant program and countless other «turnaround» initiatives is convincing policymakers that nondistrict alternatives are essential.

Still, one thing's clear to me: it's screwy for federal taxpayers to spend 12 times as much on school turnarounds ($ 3 billion) as charter start - ups ($ 250 million) when the latter appear to be four times more likely to succeed than the former.

With unprecedented federal investment in failing schools through the multi-billion-dollar School Improvement Grant program, it's been a big year for school turnaround efSchool Improvement Grant program, it's been a big year for school turnaround efschool turnaround efforts.

• The RSD, conceived originally as a modest pilot program that had awarded turnaround charters for just four schools prior to Hurricane Katrina, was dramatically enlarged by Louisiana policymakers as a way to get public schools open after the ensuing floods, and was propelled by more than $ 20 million in federal charter school funding.

Those schools — among those that would have qualified for federal school turnaround grants — were Raymond's beachhead into instilling a sense of urgency and taking on practices in the low - performing schools.

After two years, the federal program providing billions of dollars to help states and districts close or remake some of their worst - performing schools remains an ambitious work in progress, with roughly 1,200 turnaround efforts under way but still no verdict on its effectiveness.

But federal officials defend the accelerated timeline from both a job - creation and school - turnaround standpoint.

States» applications to secure one of the federal grants will be scored on the basis of more than 30 selection criteria, involving such education improvement priorities as school turnaround, teacher and principal effectiveness, and encouragement of high - quality charter schools.

While Kline's proposal to end the federal School Improvement Program, one of the three key aspects of the Obama administration's school reform efforts, makes sense because school turnarounds driven by districts, are a fool's errand, he doesn't offer anything that would address the critical question of what to do with dropout factories and failure School Improvement Program, one of the three key aspects of the Obama administration's school reform efforts, makes sense because school turnarounds driven by districts, are a fool's errand, he doesn't offer anything that would address the critical question of what to do with dropout factories and failure school reform efforts, makes sense because school turnarounds driven by districts, are a fool's errand, he doesn't offer anything that would address the critical question of what to do with dropout factories and failure school turnarounds driven by districts, are a fool's errand, he doesn't offer anything that would address the critical question of what to do with dropout factories and failure mills.

A new federal study found 40 states lacked expertise to help school turnaround efforts.

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

In addition, she is a consultant for the Center on Education Policy, where she assists with studies of federal school - turnaround policies.

For instance, Scott conducted a national survey of state leaders that asked how states were implementing new federal school - turnaround principles and what assistance they need to support their efforts.

In a presentation to the State Board of Education earlier this month, Vanderbilt researcher Gary Henry said he found positive effects from turnaround efforts in North Carolina's bottom ranked elementary schools — but without continued state funding to replace the temporary federal dollars that were put toward this initiative, those gains won't continue.

«We already have a model that works and there is evidence to support it's working,» said Hall, referring to a school turnaround model funded by federal Race to the Top dollars that has shown to help some of the state's poorest - performing public schools improve academically over the past few years.

Henry noted that it's likely the state, along with Vanderbilt, the RAND Corporation and UNC will receive a federal grant from the Institute for Education Sciences that would allow that consortium to continue evaluating the TALAS school turnaround model for the next five years.

State support will also be needed because federal funds to support school turnarounds are drying up, leaving the Department of Public Instruction with just over a third of the staff they once had to help low - performing schools improve.

At issue is roughly $ 1.3 million in federal School Improvement Grants, money earmarked for turnaround efforts that the schools received last year.

More than $ 40 million in federal grants awarded to some of Colorado's lowest - performing schools as part of a massive national turnaround effort is producing mixed results, with state officials suspending funding for five schools because of declining test scores.

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

The program will combine the assets and expertise of both agencies with the on - the - ground presence of AmeriCorps members in schools that are implementing a turnaround effort through the federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) program.

Lowering class size is one of only four strategies proven by the federal education department's research arm to improve student achievement, a list that does NOT include school closings, wholesale staff firings, turnarounds, or conversion to charter schools.

KnowledgeWorks believes the federal government should accelerate four key areas of reform to accomplish this: competency based education, turnaround of struggling K - 12 schools, community and collective impact and strengthening the capacity of states to respond to educational challenges.

Researchers at the University of Washington say the federal school turnaround program is mostly failing in Washington state, even though teachers and administrators are trying their best to make a difference for kids.

Total state and federal funding for school turnaround initiatives, including the achievement centers, is slated to be $ 24 million next year, when their work is set to begin.

How have federal policies influenced the schools and districts with which states work on school turnaround?

Federal education officials tour successful turnaround schools in Memphis» iZone, including New Leader - led Cherokee Elementary, reports the Commercial Appeal.

The federal government counts school turnaround as a crucial strategy for improving education.

The National Education Association expressed satisfaction that the bill maintains the disaggregation of student performance data and provides states more flexibility in their use of federal dollars, but displeasure of the prescriptive nature of the bill's school turnaround proposals.

The federal School Improvement Grant program has been retired, and under the new Every Student Succeeds Act, districts will have more flexibility along with a percentage of federal funds to roll out locally honed strategies for turnaround.

Duncan's policies, which have often relied on competitive grant programs, but he disagrees with Duncan's prescriptive turnaround plans — currently in effect in districts that have taken federal School Improvement Grants.

The report offers recommendations regarding the roles that federal, state, and local education agencies should play in support of school turnaround work.

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The ESSA regulations maintain the federal government's commitment to the privatization of public schools by requiring that states must implement programs to turn the «bottom 5 %» of schools over to privately owned and operated charter schools or instituted an alternative type of privatization or turnaround program.

CAP and ERS outline sustainable turnaround practices for state policymakers and recommend the appropriate roles for the federal government, states, districts, and schools to play in supporting successful turnaround efforts.