Example projects: Ms. Hassel co-authored, among others, numerous practical tools to redesign schools for instructional and
leadership excellence; An Excellent Principal for Every School: Transforming Schools into
Leadership Machines; Paid Educator Residencies, within Budget; ESSA:
New Law,
New Opportunity; 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best; Opportunity at the Top; Seizing Opportunity at the Top: How the U.S. Can Reach Every Student with an Excellent Teacher; Teacher Tenure Reform; Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance; «The Big U-Turn: How to bring schools from the brink of doom to stellar
success» for Education Next; Try, Try Again: How to Triple the Number of Fixed Failing Schools; Importing Leaders for School Turnarounds; Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best; the Public Impact series Competencies for Turnaround Success; School Restructuring Under No Child Left Behind: What Work
success» for Education Next; Try, Try Again: How to Triple the Number of Fixed Failing Schools; Importing Leaders for School Turnarounds; Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best; the Public Impact series Competencies for Turnaround
Success; School Restructuring Under No Child Left Behind: What Work
Success; School Restructuring
Under No Child Left Behind: What Works When?
The FEAs have taken many forms, including: sheltered instruction observation protocol (SIOP) implementation in Texas; community - based equity assessment in Texas; IDRA's Focusing on Language and Academic Instructional Renewal (FLAIR) program implementation in reading in Louisiana; gender equity also in Louisiana; implementation of a multicultural framework in staff development to support student
success in
New Mexico; parent
leadership in
New Mexico; unitary status planning in Arkansas; English as a second language (ESL) classroom strategies in Arkansas; service learning in Oklahoma; and meeting civil rights requirements
under the law in Oklahoma.
In 2005 — 2006,
under the
leadership of a
new administration, PACCA has impressively reduced the death rate by more than 40 percent during the last year — a level of
success that takes most communities five years to achieve.