Sentences with phrase «state turnaround efforts»

The law governing the Innovative School District requires a partnership with a private charter school operator that will manage the day - to - day operations of schools selected for state turnaround efforts.

Veterans of state turnaround efforts are playing a Johnny Appleseed role.

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The organized effort under Cuomo is a turnaround from the surprising 2009 defeat in the state Senate, which fell eight votes short of passage in the 62 - seat chamber after strong approval in the Assembly.

States should maximize the impact of this funding by expanding access to charter schools as part of their turnaround efforts.

In this way, states can evaluate the effectiveness of their turnaround efforts.

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

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.

Instead of mandating a uniform approach to school turnarounds, convert the School Improvement Grants program into a competition and support states that take this effort seriously.

Our turnaround efforts have nearly tripled the number of students passing the New York State math test and more than doubled those passing the English language arts exam.

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.

We know of state - level studies showing positive impacts of SIG - funded turnaround efforts in California, Massachusetts, Philadelphia and Memphis.

All states have been actively engaged in efforts to turnaround failing schools, but the effectiveness of such efforts has varied dramatically across jurisdictions.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The State Department would serve as the «temporary trustee» and be responsible for administering all aspects of the «turnaround efforts.»

A new federal study found 40 states lacked expertise to help school turnaround efforts.

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 authors highlight turnaround efforts as a high priority because ESSA «gives states greater autonomy» to allocate Title I dollars to these new...

But none of the approaches to state - initiated turnaround provide a surefire way to marshal the needed ingredients, and each strategy includes liabilities that, left unaddressed, will compromise the success of the effort.

For instance, Scott conducted a national survey of state leaders that asked how states were implementing new federal school - turnaround principles and what assistance they need to support their efforts.

In a presentation to the State Board of Education earlier this month, Vanderbilt researcher Gary Henry said he found positive effects from turnaround efforts in North Carolina's bottom ranked elementary schools — but without continued state funding to replace the temporary federal dollars that were put toward this initiative, those gains won't contState Board of Education earlier this month, Vanderbilt researcher Gary Henry said he found positive effects from turnaround efforts in North Carolina's bottom ranked elementary schools — but without continued state funding to replace the temporary federal dollars that were put toward this initiative, those gains won't contstate funding to replace the temporary federal dollars that were put toward this initiative, those gains won't continue.

So what is Morgan Barth's experience when it comes to having the expertise to oversee the state - wide effort to turnaround Connecticut's most challenging public schools?

Henry said his evaluation of North Carolina's school turnaround efforts (known as TALAS, or Turning Around North Carolina's Lowest - Achieving Schools) finds that most of the 118 low - performing schools that have been targeted saw quick improvements in student proficiency on state exams — 2,156 students were proficient who wouldn't have been otherwise, said Henry.

While those AMOs are supposed to «guide support and improvement efforts,» according to the Education Department, they won't determine which schools are turnaround or «focus» schools — the 15 percent of a state's schools that get the most intervention — nor will they drive when schools can get out from under those labels.

Our successful turnaround efforts led our students to achieve in the top 5 percent of the state.

Calling North Carolina's school turnaround work «among the most ambitious in the nation,» Vanderbilt University researcher Gary Henry told members of the State Board of Education on Thursday that he's found significant positive effects resulting from the state's federally - funded efforts to boost the performance of some of its lowest performing schools between the 2011 and State Board of Education on Thursday that he's found significant positive effects resulting from the state's federally - funded efforts to boost the performance of some of its lowest performing schools between the 2011 and state's federally - funded efforts to boost the performance of some of its lowest performing schools between the 2011 and 2015.

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.

A centerpiece of the administration's plans throughout the state is the creation of seven new «regional achievement centers» that will serve as the hub of turnaround efforts for schools with low student achievement overall or wide gaps in achievement levels.

More than $ 40 million in federal grants awarded to some of Colorado's lowest - performing schools as part of a massive national turnaround effort is producing mixed results, with state officials suspending funding for five schools because of declining test scores.

This report provides an up - to - date review of states» ESEA flexibility plans and assesses the extent, if any, to which states have strategically thought about how expanded learning time can support school turnaround efforts.

The Christie administration under state Education Commissioner Chris Cerf doesn't shy from it, listing it as a possible option in turnaround efforts now underway at more than 70 schools statewide.

As one of [our] external providers, the CST has helped our state with initiatives toward making a turnaround effort with differentiated support for school -, complex -, and state - level leaders.

In line with the Center on School Turnaround's charge to support states» efforts, we sought to highlight districts engaged in focused turnaround efforts where their respective boards played a key role in catalyzing, shaping, and supporting targeted improvement efforts.

Our current analysis reveals, however, that most states continued to submit ESEA flexibility applications that did not address how more time in school could strategically support school turnaround efforts.

The expected timeline for the centers» work is about two years, with another assessment of turnaround efforts expected by 2015, the state said.

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

Our goal in developing these case studies was to present information - rich cases that can inform state and district efforts to optimize the board's role in school turnaround.

A four - year study of turnaround efforts in Sanger Unified School District — named by the state of California as one of its 98 lowest - performing districts in 2004 — stands out as a proof point of effective methods.

Previously a teacher and school leader, William has substantial experience in education evaluation ranging from small program analysis focused on improving instructional practices to large - scale data management and analysis related to state - level turnaround efforts.

Tawwab worked his way up through the ranks in Detroit with a reputation for a steady, data - driven approach to boosting student achievement, says Jo Ann Andrees, who works with Michigan State and the state education department on school turnaround effState and the state education department on school turnaround effstate education department on school turnaround efforts.

Contrast Grim's statements with the frustrations of the Indianapolis Public Schools leaders, who moved to authorize a lawsuit against the state over its intervention plans Thursday: While the district wants to fight the outright takeover of four other district schools, the much - less - intrusive intervention at Washington means staff can more easily get on board with state - led turnaround efforts.

District and school leaders should implement turnaround strategies based on evidence from rigorous studies of turnaround efforts in North Carolina and other states, or well - conceived, innovative strategies with sound theoretical foundations.

The ASD has collaborated with high - performing charter operators to conduct school turnarounds in neighborhood schools; collaborated with philanthropic leaders to build a sustainable educator talent pipeline for the bottom 5 percent of the state's schools; engaged neighborhood communities in the process of matching charter operators to schools selected into the ASD; and influenced district - led turnaround efforts.

They found that, with some exceptions, districts and schools in Washington state are approaching the turnaround work in ways only marginally different from past school improvement efforts.

«Folks are engaged in the right kinds of reforms and practices in the turnaround effort, but for me the proof will be in the pudding,» said Mitchell Chester, state commissioner for elementary and secondary education.

The Innovative School District — a school turnaround model born out of similar reform efforts that experienced mixed records in Tennessee, Michigan, Louisiana and a few other states — is getting off to a slow start due at least in part to a contentious and very public struggle to select low - performing schools that were willing to undergo such a controversial experiment.