Sentences with phrase «on turnaround schools»

The research on turnaround schools is clear about one thing — the frequent analysis of data by teachers, principals, and counselors is essential for moving low - performing schools forward.

Features in the summer 2013 issue include a celebration of Dean Kathleen McCartney's tenure at the Ed School; a discussion on turnaround schools and what many of our alumni are doing to ensure that the progress of their schools continues; and a look at a special school in Maine founded by Edith Aronson, Ed.M.»

«It could be a longer school day, a longer year, or summer time,» Riley said at a panel discussion on turnaround schools held at the Ed School last December.

Not exact matches

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.

After four years and half a billion dollars on a failed school turnaround program, NYC students need a leader who will work with urgency to give them the quality of schools they deserve,» said StudentsFirstNY Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.

As Buffalo Public school parents kicked off a campaign Monday to demand transferring their children out of failing city schools, one school continues working on its turnaround plan.

Ernest A. Logan, the president of the union that represents NYC's principals and assistant principals, says he and and his members have lost confidence in NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration, calling the mayor's school turnaround effort «a political mess» that isn't focused on kids.

What we've seen since New York City implemented letter grading on restaurants is an astounding turnaround in cleanliness and we expect the same to happen in our schools,» said Senator Hamilton.

That marked a turnaround from the chancellor's pre-referendum warning on the campaign trail that a vote for Brexit would force him to call an emergency budget, with increases in income tax, alcohol and petrol duties, and cuts to the NHS, schools and defence.

During a meeting with The Buffalo News Editorial Board on Tuesday, Cuomo said that decisions about school turnaround plans and how teachers will be evaluated should be made locally.

Democratic mayoral candidate Bernie Tolbert is criticizing the Buffalo Board of Education on the presentation of their turnaround plan for failing schools.

WBFO»S Focus on Education reporter Eileen Buckley asks Interim Buffalo Schools Superintendent Don Ogilvie about deadline for proposed turnaround plans for failing city sSchools Superintendent Don Ogilvie about deadline for proposed turnaround plans for failing city schoolsschools.

She is also working on a book about school turnaround driven by her personal experiences through her brother, Maurice, who was functionally illiterate as a result of failures in the public school system and died at a young age.

There exist turnaround funds, and magnet funds, but they're not at the moment focused on using them for STEM schools.

But ever since becoming a federally funded turnaround school in 2010, these meetings have become cherished time for the teachers and, according to Nolan, one of the key reasons their elementary school — once one of the lowest achieving in Boston — has seen significant gains on test scores.

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 leadSchools 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 leadSchools 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 leadschools 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 leadSchools 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 leadSchools 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.

You've overseen some impressive turnarounds of schools that were failing financially, so your perspective on school quality — not just academically but financially speaking — is unique.

Thanks to Lamar Alexander's work over the past week, it shows a willingness to let states take the lead on key issues like teacher evaluation and school turnarounds.

But Julie Corbett of Mass Insight Education, a nonprofit that focuses on school - turnaround efforts, says actually turning around a failing school requires comprehensive, sustainable planning and a willingness to look for outside help.

De Blasio has pledged to maintain Bloomberg's focus on closing the achievement gap, but his education agenda has revised the means: turnarounds instead of closures, heavy emphasis on addressing the «root causes» of K — 12 underperformance through pre-kindergarten education and social services, less antagonistic relations with the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), and more - relaxed school - discipline policies.

Waiver: Comprehensive flexibility that the U.S. Department of Education has granted to more than 40 states and the District of Columbia from key requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) in exchange for embracing certain Obama administration education - redesign priorities on teachers, testing, standards, and school turnarounds.

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.

Douglas County lost its «accredited with distinction» status with the Colorado Department of Education, and 11 schools were put on turnaround plans for poor performance.

A variety of groups will be upset over the plan to impose «rigorous interventions to turn schools around» only on a small number of really low - performing schools and let merely - mediocre schools avoid the turnaround lash.

Our participants did not disappoint; I strongly recommend checking out their ideas on course access, school turnarounds, and charter quality.

I was alarmed at how much we were spending on SIG and the awful track record of previous turnaround efforts, and I was sure that districts would pick weak interventions and that kids were going to continue languishing in these schools while we went about this misguided adventure.

«We are equally proud that this partnership has helped us on our journey of improvement, which has seen both schools being removed from special measures and rated «good» by Ofsted — an incredible turnaround in such as short space of time.»

The administration's fixation on turnarounds is a major mistake... We are about to embark on another ill - fated mission to improve America's most troubled schools.

Rodriguez focused on social studies education at Boston University as an undergraduate and, most recently, taught middle school social studies at a turnaround school, what she describes as «the lowest - achieving school for over 25 years in Hartford,» where 100 percent of students were black or Latino and qualified for free or reduced - price lunch.

States can focus turnaround efforts on schools with particularly low subgroup achievement — rather than schools with large achievement gaps.

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.

The Obama administration has used its Race to the Top program and unprecedented, far - reaching conditions for states seeking «waivers» from the No Child Left Behind Act's most destructive requirements as excuses to micromanage what states are doing on teacher evaluation, school turnarounds, and much else.

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.

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.

My blog silence these past few months has been due to my work on an education reform guide and a story for Education Next on middle schools (which, my editors hope, will be done soon), but I have been paying attention to the sturm und drang concerning Diane Ravitch's new book and her «turnaround» or «u-turn» on certain core issues — e.g. charter schools, teacher assessment, and testing.

Among other things, he's brought in Monica Higgins, an associate professor at the Ed School, to organize a series of 90 - minute roundtables every three to four weeks in which outside policy experts and practitioners meet with Duncan and his top deputies for an open discussion on a particular topic — teacher performance, turnaround in schools.

A district also must focus early wins on student learning to fit the turnaround formula, perhaps by adopting similar goals for one subset of struggling children or a few low - performing schools.

While we agree with Smarick that evidence is not clear on a single turnaround strategy that works, we do know that schools can accelerate improvement through strong, transformational leaders; collaborative teacher teams; and targeting expertise and resources to help students who have fallen behind.

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).

I'm on a quest to find the most inspiring school turnaround success stories from around the world.

Amid the shift in curricular emphasis, the personnel turnover, and the shift to Common Core - aligned tests, Douglas County lost its «accredited with distinction» status, and the number of schools on turnaround plans for poor performance went from zero to 11.

Thankfully, the state is embarking on a wide variety of promising reforms, from charter schools to turnarounds to tax credit scholarships.

Tom Torkelson, CEO of the high - performing IDEA network agrees: «I don't do turnarounds because a turnaround usually means operating within a school system that couldn't stomach the radical steps we'd take to get the school back on track.

Looking back on the history of school turnaround efforts, the first and most important lesson is the «Law of Incessant Inertia.»

That's how he frames his role as superintendent of the Enlarged City School District of Middletown, New York, delegating much of the day - to - day work of running a high - poverty turnaround district of 6,800 students to look ahead and concentrate on the big picture.

Among many influential projects conducted under the auspices of EdLabs, Fryer has developed and implemented programs to test the impact of incentives on student achievement, teacher pay - for - performance concepts, and an effort to apply charter - school practices to a district turnaround school in Houston.

The Partnership's turnaround plan combines some of the central components of Catholic schools — strict discipline, a focus on character development — with a new infusion of charter - inspired efficiency and academic rigor.

Klein immediately offered White a job on his portfolio planning team, which meant leading the process of closing bad schools and creating new ones, one of the bull's - eye issues in the massive system's turnaround efforts.

They need help now, and schools need to embark on the path to turnaround sooner rather than later.

«There's been a lot of research done [around the world]... on school turnaround, using sample schools and whole districts, to look at what are the key elements that will turn around educational outcomes for students.