Sentences with phrase «state turnaround district»

Governor Nathan Deal floated the idea of a state turnaround district in his first term; following his 2014 re-election, he made it a cornerstone of his education agenda.

Nelson Smith, former CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, and Brandon L. Wright of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute write about three approaches that are already in use: charter expansion, state turnaround districts, and state - led, district - based solutions.

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It's a remarkable turnaround for a politician who once sold his car two weeks before a primary to raise badly - needed campaign cash, barely won a Democratic district leader race and was told by an opponent that the state attorney general — now Gov. Andrew Cuomo — should investigate him for corruption.

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 Department.

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.

Delaware lawmakers have approved a bailout, teachers have gotten pink slips, and turnaround consultants have been hired — all for a budget crisis that former leaders of the state's largest school district say doesn't exist.

When the Education Achievement Authority (EAA), the state of Michigan's school turnaround district, launched in the fall of 2012 with 15 schools, hopes for rebirth in Detroit were high in many quarters.

Whether countervailing forces — federal pressure, political pressure from organized parent groups, or conscientious officials committed to the law's goals — are strong enough to force states and districts to implement meaningful turnaround efforts remains to be seen, but the evidence so far is not encouraging.

Finally, we should continue to provide incentives for and encouragement to charters and educational management organizations to join the state and districts in the kind of novel forms of school turnaround work and governance now being pioneered in Lawrence.

Detroit parents still have very few high - quality options, despite a number of different reform interventions, including putting a state - appointed emergency manager in charge of the district, pulling the lowest - performing schools into a statewide turnaround district, and allowing a significant number of charter schools to operate.

To enable more widespread, successful turnarounds in education, state and district leaders need to focus on two critical policy changes.

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From higher standards and 21st - century assessments, to educator effectiveness and the turnaround of failing schools, Race to the Top's program elements were anchored firmly in the good work of states and districts.

Frederick Hess and Thomas Gift have argued for developing school restructuring leaders; Bryan Hassel and Emily Ayscue Hassel have recommended that states and districts «fuel the pipeline» of untraditional turnaround specialists.

Much of the gap can be filled, however, by allowing states to allocate more of their federal dollars to supporting turnaround efforts in low - performing districts.

Then, nearly a decade ago, he became commissioner in Massachusetts, where he embraced the Common Core, revamped teacher evaluation, and championed turnaround strategies for some of the state's most - challenged districts.

«Most studies of district turnarounds are places like New Orleans, where the district or the schools were in this really extreme state, but this is the first recent example of a turnaround just coming out of policy,» says Deming.

Skim headlines from the press coverage of school districts undergoing state takeover and turnaround and you will find significant signs of public frustration.

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Lawrence provides a rare case of a leadership approach that resulted in notably impressive academic gains for students without generating the kind of negative response that typically accompanies state takeover and district turnaround efforts.

The creation of turnaround districts by states, indeed even the serious contemplation of such a move, suggests a real restlessness with the ability of traditional K — 12 governance to act on persistent school failure.

After the release of our December study — which found that just one percent of district and charter school turnarounds were successful, as defined as reaching at least the 50th percentile in state proficiency in reading and math — Bryan wondered whether charter start - ups in similar neighborhoods would fare any better against such rigorous criteria.

While not spreading like wildfire, the idea of turnaround districts has caught the imagination of leaders in a growing list of states.

Other states have created what amount to turnaround districts in name only.

The brief history of turnaround districts also raises new questions about who represents «the state» itself.

This summer, a Virginia circuit court judge ruled that statewide turnaround districts were unconstitutional in that state.

We need to STRENGTHEN School Governance Council Language (public act 10 - 111) We also have to continually hammer / promote the message of a «TEAMWORK» collaborated effort between the local district boards of education, turnaround committees and the SGC (school governance councils) in the reconstitution of our low - performing schools once they have been «accepted» into the state Commissioners Network.

After two years, the federal program providing billions of dollars to help states and districts close or remake some of their worst - performing schools remains an ambitious work in progress, with roughly 1,200 turnaround efforts under way but still no verdict on its effectiveness.

If district leaders and their union counterparts either disagree on how to overhaul a particular school or submit a proposal for turnaround that the state education secretary deems as too weak, the secretary can override it.

Those frustrations were visible at a recent State Board of Education meeting, as turnaround operators offered blunt assessments of the current state of affairs in IPS schools, while district officials unsuccessfully argued state officials» funding formula for the takeovers is inequitState Board of Education meeting, as turnaround operators offered blunt assessments of the current state of affairs in IPS schools, while district officials unsuccessfully argued state officials» funding formula for the takeovers is inequitstate of affairs in IPS schools, while district officials unsuccessfully argued state officials» funding formula for the takeovers is inequitstate officials» funding formula for the takeovers is inequitable.

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.

readers and superintendents in Connecticut's thirty Alliance Districts know, on March 28, 2013, Stefan Pryor, Malloy's Commissioner of Education, signed a contract with Mass Insight, a relatively new Massachusetts company, to «develop the state's turnaround strategy and improve the most struggling schools.»

This descriptive, mixed methods study uses survey data from turnaround leaders in all 50 states and in - depth interviews with eight intentionally selected state leaders to launch a discussion about how states support district turnaround efforts.

Authorizing charter schools to turn around some of the state's lowest - performing schools through the statewide turnaround Achievement School District.

In addition to initiating turnarounds in these schools, the Commissioner's Network is designed to serve as a vehicle for innovative initiatives, a platform for sharing effective practices, and a model for other schools and districts throughout the state.

Thomas Wei, an IES research scientist, instead pointed me to these profiles of potentially promising turnaround practices in specific schools, districts and states.

In 2012 and 2013, IES asked 49 states and the District of Columbia about their capacity to support failing schools receiving federal turnaround money.

Furthermore, the most recent state test scores showed that Denver performed better than most districts in the state, showing commendable improvements in turnaround schools located in Far Northeast and Northwest Denver, even though the district is still far from its own goal of 3.5 percent improvement in growth across all subjects.

New efforts labeled «recovery school districts,» «achievement school districts,» «turnaround schools,» and the like are making their way into places that include Tennessee, Louisiana, and Arkansas, to name a few — efforts that allow states to take over failing schools and relegate their management to private charter school operators that would be free to fire teachers and start from scratch.

The series includes a guide to help district and state leaders choose the best restructuring option for each school, updated in a 2nd edition released in 2009, and white papers identifying what we know from research about when the first four restructuring options under NCLB work: reopening as a charter school, contracting with external providers, turnarounds with new leaders and staff, and state takeovers.

Lee J. Rutledge, Senior Associate, National School Reform, provides technical assistance at district and state levels related to CTAC's teacher effectiveness and school turnaround work.

Public Impact has surveyed the cross-sector experience and both led and studied education - sector successes to generate resources that help educators, districts, and states implement successful turnarounds.

District as it grows its efforts to turnaround the lowest performing schools in the state.

With lawmakers duking it out over whether or not to eliminate a large number of teacher aides in elementary classrooms, it's hard to imagine that the state and local school districts will be able to keep school turnaround efforts going into the future.

IPS superintendent Eugene White also says the district will cooperate with the school turnaround companies who will operate the four Indianapolis schools the state will take over next year.

Carrie Hillyard, who leads the turnaround team Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation leaders created to assist five struggling district schools, speaks to State Board of Education members at a public hearing on the future of Glenwood Leadership Academy.

Public Impact produced some of the earliest work guiding states and districts choosing among school turnaround strategies and has been the field leader in providing research, guidance and implementation support for turnarounds within schools, charter restarts and innovation zones.

States and districts can not do this alone; that is why nonprofit providers like Talent Development Secondary can provide the much needed capacity and expertise in the ESSA environment in school turnaround, early warning systems and chronic absenteeism.

State and District leaders can help more turnaround - attempt schools succeed by selecting the right principals, training them, helping them transition to school models supported by teacher - leadership, tracking leading indicators of performance, and coaching principals to make needed changes fast.

«Extraordinary authority districts» — turnaround districts in which states gain legal authority to take over and operate chronically underperforming schools and / or districts — can fundamentally transform school structures and practices.