For the third year in a row, Mendez Middle School was rated «improvement required,» which requires AISD to come up with
a school turnaround plan to be approved by the Texas Education Agency and will have a dedicated officer charged with turning the school around.
Among its many changes, the law provides for new «Commissioner's Network» Schools, and Bridgeport's James J. Curiale School is among the first four selected to develop
a school turnaround plan.
Another week of legislative debate over the proposed Opportunity School District
school turnaround plan culminates in a visit by Governor Jeb Bush and rap star Ludacris to the Georgia statehouse, in support of school choice, charters, and the OSD.
Evansville school leaders will plead their case directly to state education officials Tuesday night, hoping to convince them their newly - implemented
school turnaround plan will be enough to reverse years of failing test scores at Glenwood Leadership Academy.
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.
According to documents and emails acquired through freedom of information requests or provided by state and local officials, Commissioner Stefan Pryor, Special Master Steven Adamowski and the State Department of Education are violating the law that provides for the development of
school turnaround plans.
Engagement should inform the district's strategic plan,
school turnaround plans, transportation, before and after - school programming, and other community concerns.
Not exact matches
The result won't do much to allay the fears of New York teachers» unions that Cuomo's real aim is to transform traditional public
schools into charter
schools, since charter groups were among those chosen by Massachusetts education officials to implement
turnaround plans in chronically underperforming districts.
The mayor said his
turnaround plan has «never been tried before» and that he was confident it would work under the leadership of
Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina.
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.
Governor Andrew Cuomo is weighing in with his
turnaround plan for failing
schools state - wide.
Persistently struggling
schools — given just one year to turn things around or risk an outside takeover — were promised $ 75 million in state funds over two years to implement
turnaround plans.
Interim Buffalo
School Superintendent Don Ogilvie says the school district has a Friday deadline to submit a round of proposed turnaround plans for four failing city schools to prevent closure by the New York State Education Depar
School Superintendent Don Ogilvie says the
school district has a Friday deadline to submit a round of proposed turnaround plans for four failing city schools to prevent closure by the New York State Education Depar
school district has a Friday deadline to submit a round of proposed
turnaround plans for four failing city
schools to prevent closure by the New York State Education Department.
Democratic mayoral candidate Bernie Tolbert is criticizing the Buffalo Board of Education on the presentation of their
turnaround plan for failing
schools.
The Buffalo Board of Education Wednesday night approved a
turnaround plan for two failing high
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 s
Schools Superintendent Don Ogilvie about deadline for proposed
turnaround plans for failing city
schoolsschools.
The
school district is having trouble preparing a
turnaround plan that Albany will approve.
Under the mayor's proposed «
turnaround»
plan, the 33
schools were to close and reopen this summer, retaining their students but replacing up to half of the current staff.
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.
Denver holds pivotal elections for three
school board seats in November, and the Far Northeast Denver
turnaround plan is sure to be a major issue.
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.
A sweeping and ambitious
turnaround plan for
schools in the newer neighborhoods around Denver International Airport led to a failed recall effort against the
school board president this spring.
As part of that
plan, Duncan pushed to expand the city's roster of charter
schools — it now stands at 67 — and embraced the
turnaround concept, in which a
school is temporarily shut down, staff members fired, transferred, or asked to reapply, and a new staff built from the ground up.
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.
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.
«As a result of the
turnaround plan, each
school gets to run itself,» says Ms. Constantino, who has worked at Leahy for 36 years.
A
school as described in subparagraph (9)(iii) of this subdivision that is placed under registration review in the 2010 - 2011
school year or thereafter, shall implement a
plan, in a format and timeline as approved by the commissioner, that shall, at a minimum, meet the requirements of a restructuring
plan pursuant to subclause (6)(iv)(c)(2) of this subdivision and include at least one of the actions of a transformation or
turnaround model.
Free from the usual distractions, your team will have opportunities to work together to clarify your vision and develop a
turnaround plan specific to your
school and district.
Mr. Field has worked extensively with SEAs,
school districts, and
schools to
plan and implement
school turnaround initiatives.
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Mayor de Blasio's lawyers claim the Bloomberg administration's controversial charter
school co-locations were thoroughly
planned and proper — an amazing
turnaround from de Blasio's campaign rhetoric last year.
The program helps educators understand the core elements critical for a
school's
turnaround plan, and addresses key leadership skills and strategies for
turnaround success.
When it comes to
turnaround proposals, the more «serious» the
plan, the more «fresh blood» will be often brought into a
school.
The program helps those in a
turnaround setting to understand the core elements critical to a
school's
turnaround plan and the key leadership skills and strategies for successful implementation.
But the bill's
turnaround plans for these
schools vary from the those of the administration.
And the NEA condemned the bill's models for federally mandated «
turnaround plans» for underperforming
schools, saying that only one model «involves whole
school reform.»
Weingarten noted that she would still like to see changes to the bill's
turnaround plans for underperforming
schools, but continued, «We are pleased to see that significant changes already have been made in a substantial proposal concerning teacher evaluations.»
One of the steepest drops came at the
school where the mayor announced his
turnaround plan with great fanfare.
Applying districts must demonstrate a commitment to all four of the Race to the Top core reform areas (college - and career - ready standards and assessments, robust data systems, effective educators, and
school turnaround) and obtain sign off on their
plans from the district superintendent or CEO, local
school board president, and local teacher union or association president.
While the district has improved some of the
turnaround efforts with the addition of a Year Zero
planning process for some of the lowest - performing
schools, the record of improving existing
schools is mixed.
The state would develop a
turnaround plan for these
schools and then either give them back to the district to run as prescribed or hire an outside contractor, such as a charter
school operator.
In addition to seeking a change in the way the state uses data to measure student, teacher, and
school performance, Mr. Schwarzenegger asked lawmakers to repeal California's charter
school cap, expand public
school choice, step up
turnaround efforts for struggling
schools, and enact alternative - pay
plans for educators.
The proposal allows parents to decide a
turnaround plan for chronically low - performing
schools if 51 percent of parents sign petitions.
We
plan to introduce a tiered monitoring system that will focus efforts on the lowest performing
schools and districts, with an emphasis on both compliance and outcomes and with the
turnaround practices as a unifying framework.
Grier said Houston's application will build on a
turnaround plan known as Apollo 20, which aims to apply the qualities of high - performing charter
schools to underperforming public
schools.
Florida's
school grading system has become so complex and has frustrated so many, Governor Rick Scott signed last year a one year reprieve from the grades» consequences, which typically include the requirement that if a
school receives an F for two years in a row, the
school must implement a
turnaround strategy or a
plan to convert to a charter
school.
The district and
school have an effective communication
plan to inform the community about the
turnaround plan and gain their support.
Before joining the Mayor's Office, she was a
school improvement and
turnaround specialist for the Indiana Department of Education, where she coached principals in 56
schools on effective
school improvement
planning and intervention.