As an administrator
of a turnaround school in Chicago, Stephanie created a rigorous vision for instruction and teacher development.
Too often,
opponents of turnaround schools (a system of accelerating growth of student achievement partly by changing the adults who serve the students and removing restrictions that impede student success - including any collective bargaining agreements that don't put students» interest in the forefront) remain steadfastly wed to the failing status quo that undermines families» efforts to improve their circumstances through education.
He demanded that there be a significant
number of turnaround schools - calling for 10 % of their persistently failing schools to be turned over to the community.
The CT Post doesn't even get to the fact that Commissioner Pryor, Pryor's Division Director in
charge of turnaround schools, and their new Bureau Chief in the turnaround schools division all worked for Achievement First, Inc., Connecticut's largest charter school management company, before getting their state jobs.
Although the England's overall performance on PISA remains only adequate,
some of the turnaround schools in London, which we have studied, have been spectacular.