Leading Success is a free online toolkit for school leaders that integrates current research, planning strategies, and implementation tools with video interviews and real - world examples
of school improvement strategies.
In response, the IEL's Coalition for Community Schools released a brief, that positions community schools as an
effective school improvement strategy for states to consider in their ESSA plans and implementation.
These and other pipeline strategies that effect broad - based systems must strike a balance between stability and flexibility in order for them to change
as school improvement strategies evolve, say both The Wallace Foundation and education reformers such as Michael Fullan, whose concept of «motion leadership» reflects the need for a systematic culture of continuous reflection and growth.
They help state education leaders use research to guide their work and decisions;
adopt school improvement strategies that can have a lasting impact; and cultivate a collaborative environment to gain the trust and support of stakeholders like institutions of higher education, teachers, parents, and community members.
And if you've made it this far, check our our recent «Moving the Needle» special report
on school improvement strategies in the age of ESSA, including one in which we examine how states and districts are trying to find new flexibility when it comes to spending federal dollars.
She is the Principal of Hedgepeth / Williams MS of Arts in Trenton where she is a school turnaround specialist with a reputation for developing
innovative school improvement strategies, revamping school culture, program re - branding / enhancement and family / community engagement.
So just as the best schools translate their missions and values into a strong school culture and a focus teaching and learning, the best MATs translate their mission into a clear
school improvement strategy across all their schools that in turn informs its staff structure and operations.
Intended for practitioners and policymakers, this series of issue briefs is addressing the gap in knowledge about the prevalence and characteristics of high
school improvement strategies designed to help at - risk students graduate.
Whilst increased accountability for schools and more rigorous means of ensuring that accountability have characterised academy chains it would appear that many are still searching for effective chain
wide school improvement strategies and models that can ultimately lead to transformational outcomes for young people, particularly for those whose start in life too often makes educational achievement and success that much harder.
When a state proposes to create a major new intervention for failing schools, the department must confirm that this isn't just gussying up an old and
meek school improvement strategy.
We have rigorous statistical evidence from Stanford's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) that urban charter schools outperform traditional schools (the table below comes from their 2015 study of charters in 41 urban regions), and I believe this should be our nation's
preferred school improvement strategy.
The OECD recommendations include: prioritisation of pedagogical leadership, encouraging cooperation among teachers, and increased investment in professional development; a review of school funding arrangements; improving support for disadvantaged students; and the implementation of a
national school improvement strategy.
«What we need is a credible, constructive and
collegiate school improvement strategy and a serious government - led effort to reduce inequality and the number of children living in poverty.»
Lucy Powell, shadow education secretary, said: «There is no evidence to suggest that academisation in and of itself leads to school improvement... In some parts of the country where standards remain a concern, all schools are already academies, yet the government has no
other school improvement strategy.»
My Hamilton Project proposal explains how ESSA's new SNS language has the potential to unlock Title I funds for struggling students, allowing districts to spend Title I on
broader school improvement strategies — such as improving a school's core curriculum, or implementing common planning time for teachers — rather than working around the edges.
Instead of choosing among four contentious turnaround models (turnaround, restart, school closure, and transformation), schools have two new additional options: One option allows state agencies to establish any
whole school improvement strategy for use by local education agencies with approval from the U.S. Secretary of Education, and the other option permits schools to partner with outside organizations who have successful records in school turnarounds.
Stakeholders will also be asked to consider: how accountability measures relate to school improvement;
what school improvement strategies should look like; and when the state should intervene in a school or district.
Developing such state - set policies that relate to «n - size,» achievement and graduation goals, timelines for progress, and
school improvement strategies warrants the strong involvement of diverse communities and education experts.
The brief, Community Schools: An Evidence - Based Strategy for Equitable School Improvement, finds that community schools, an increasingly
popular school improvement strategy, are strongly supported by research evidence, as required by ESSA.
During his tenure, Sir David Carter has forged a
strong school improvement strategy to underpin the work of the Regional Schools Commissioners and has worked extensively with school leaders in the academy sector.
States may develop policy to ensure early learning is a key strategy in
district school improvement strategies (Colorado has done this) and / or build them into needs assessment templates to support LEAs (see, for example, New Jersey and Delaware).
The legislation gives states sole responsibility for creating their own accountability systems as well as creating and implementing their
own school improvement strategies, which completely removes the federal government from school accountability and improvement strategies.
Why Professional Development Matters - This booklet assists policy makers by explaining in fundamental terms what professional development is and why it is an
important school improvement strategy.
The passage of the No Child Left Behind Act — with its emphasis on accountability for results, increased flexibility and options for schools and parents, and «doing what works» — creates new opportunities and a strong impetus to identify, select, and implement
effective school improvement strategies.
Community schools represent a place -
based school improvement strategy in which «schools partner with community agencies and local government to provide an integrated focus on academics, health and social services, youth and community development, and community engagement.»