In the case of the chapter
on turnaround models, Ravitch describes two studies on the same local policy and with differing conclusions, and that is fair.
While local SFC leaders are claiming that they «just want to have an open conversation» about ways to improve schools, they seem pretty fixated
on the turnaround model.
It's a model that's based in large part
on a turnaround model he helped oversee before he got to Lansing, back when he was superintendent of Dearborn Public Schools.
Not exact matches
New CEO Jim Hackett has been trying to convince investors that betting
on a Ford
turnaround is worth the wager by laying out a plan to get rid of slow - selling, low - margin car
models and refocus the company
on more lucrative sport utility vehicles and pickups.
With that, Foster dictated to his staff the fiscal foundation of the
turnaround — a self - devised cost
model that formulates the kind of work the foundry can take
on and make money with.
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.
Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused
on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide
turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus
on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one -
on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning
models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus
on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.
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.
The initial thought we had is, if you can create one
turnaround model in Los Angeles and maybe one
on the East Coast, that, in turn, creates a
turnaround institute, and other people in other cities can come and learn just how you do it.
On the schools chosen for transformation, a less drastic turnaround model in which teachers keep their jobs: «We made the selection by looking at the schools that were on the upward trajector
On the schools chosen for transformation, a less drastic
turnaround model in which teachers keep their jobs: «We made the selection by looking at the schools that were
on the upward trajector
on the upward trajectory.
During the 2014 gubernatorial campaign, Texas attorney general Greg Abbott published an education platform that included a statewide
turnaround district drawing heavily
on the Louisiana and Tennessee
models.
Eight years after they found themselves lumped in with some of the lowest - performing schools in the state, Mobile County schools such as Mae Eanes Middle School and Grant Elementary are now regularly making Adequate Yearly Progress
on state exams and have become
turnaround models for educators around the country.
The funds are conditioned
on the agreement that districts agree to undertake one of one of four aggressive
turnaround models for the target schools that include replacing most of the staff or reopening as a charter.
At the request of the DC Public Charter School Board and with support from NewSchools Venture Fund, AppleTree creates its AppleTree @
model, where AppleTree collaborates with with a
turnaround or high - performing new partner, to operate AppleTree preschool allowing the host school to focus
on kindergarten and above, while AppleTree provides a high quality preschool education.
Third, the very few and limited national
turnaround charter operators or networks with a track record of success are not interested in «
turnaround» work as defined in HB 5105 because their
model relies
on years of slowly establishing schools one grade level at a time.
After taking
on two more schools, witnessing school improvement in student performance and state - level recognition, and iterating its
model, Matchbook Learning shifted to a fourth prototype with two charter school
turnarounds, Merit Prep in Newark, NJ in 2014 and Michigan Technical Academy in Detroit in 2015.
Since then, he's further made his mark
on the legislation through successful amendments that would allow states to develop their own
turnaround models for the lowest - performing schools and permit students in each state's bottom 5 percent of schools to transfer to other schools.
The
turnaround model focuses
on creating a new governance structure for the school and recruiting educators who are uniquely qualified to meet the needs of students.
Building
on these successes, PLA is now working to expand its
turnaround model to help more children in chronically low - performing schools excel.
The Achievement School District: Lessons from Tennessee reports
on the ASD
model, including the viability of charter schools within a community - based enrollment system, developing a sustainable teacher and leader pipeline, and collaboration with the Shelby County district - run
turnaround effort, called iZone.
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Some of our
turnaround and transformation schools are rural based, so that limits them in the
models that they pick and the resources that they have to really concentrate
on those schools.
New America's Roxanne Garza and Melissa Tooley describe district
models for
turnaround leadership that have freed up principals to focus
on instructional improvement while devolving some of their administrative tasks.
TISS is a comprehensive support
model designed to sustain the successful
turnaround of chronically low - performing New York City (NYC) public schools through the cultivation of effective leadership practice, focused
on the development of high - functioning teams of school leaders.
This tri-fold experience helps Matchbook target school
turnarounds with a customized blended
model that blends face - to - face and virtual instruction in brick - and - mortar schools via a one -
on - one computing environment, while coaching teachers to personalize instruction for the benefit of each child in their classroom.
In a district filled with low - income and at - risk students, the
turnaround was hailed as a
model for the rest of the country, and the superintendent, Rod Paige, went
on to become U.S. secretary of education under George W. Bush.
She also pressed the state education commissioner to grant HISD a waiver
on accountability due to Hurricane Harvey and complimented the Los Angeles
model that Mayor Sylvester Turner has pitched to
turnaround schools.
It's to be expected that work
on new hardware begins as soon as the last
model is released, but this
turnaround time is notably smaller.