Sentences with phrase «high school turnarounds»

«Orr is a new school,» says Debbra Lang, head of high school turnarounds for AUSL.

The interviewees are a who's who of edu - authors, and have so far included Daniel Willingham, Richard Whitmire on his Michelle Rhee Bee Eater volume, Rick Kahlenberg on his Al Shanker biography, John Merrow, and Alexander Russo on his colorful look at Green Dot's Locke High School turnaround.

«We are working in a different world than just two years ago,» says Debbra Lang, the managing director of high school turnarounds at the Academy for Urban School Leadership.

There's WAMU's What Really Happened at Ballou High School (by Kate McGee and Acacia Squires), which exposed the problems behind a «too good to be true» Washington, DC high school turnaround.

Julie Corbett, a consultant who specializes in turnaround strategies, said that for high school turnarounds especially, it takes more than a new curriculum and higher expectations.

This chapter's Innovative Practice in Action highlights a high school turnaround in Florida, led by the 2015 NASSP Principal of the Year.

Her work focuses on state policy, support for low - performing schools and high school turnaround.