Federal education officials tour
successful turnaround schools in Memphis» iZone, including New Leader - led Cherokee Elementary, reports the Commercial Appeal.
As the Education Week article notes, ESE has committed itself to documenting and learning from
our successful turnaround schools.
In this series of blog posts, we will share what we've learned about the practices and conditions that
successful turnaround schools in Massachusetts have in common, and seek input from readers on how we can continue to improve our supports to districts and schools.
As the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has noted, studies «that look back at factors that may have contributed to [a] school's success» are «particularly weak in determining causal validity for several reasons, including the fact that there is no way to be confident that the features common to
successful turnaround schools are not also common to schools that fail.»
To date, Tubman is the most
successful turnaround school in the city of New Orleans with the highest Value Add scores of any formerly failing school.
Not exact matches
In Finland, world renowned for its
successful public
school system, I talked to leading
school improvement consultant and teacher, Mikko Salonen (of ENIRDELM, the European education network) about his work to help struggling
schools turnaround and become more
successful.
A 2014 study of
schools in Massachusetts found re-staffing to be a key component of
successful turnarounds.
When I led a
turnaround at the Inner City Education Foundation, their portfolio of
schools was academically
successful, but financially struggling.
In the world of
schooling, the majority of highly
successful turnaround cases seem to be those where an individual educator had not only the right idea about instruction, but also the tenacity to bend or break those rules that would have prevented meaningful changes at the
school level.
But evidence suggests that the traditional principal pool is already stretched thin, and many of these leaders who are
successful in
schools that are already good wouldn't fare well in the white - knuckled process of leading a
turnaround.
The right
school leader is essential for
successful turnarounds, as Public Impact's prior work indicates.
It exemplifies a
successful school turnaround, one of the toughest feats in U.S. education, it exemplifies success in an urban high
school attended mainly by poor and minority kids — the other toughest challenge in U.S. education.
Remarkably, rather than trusting
successful school operators» track records and informed opinion that start - ups are the way to go, Secretary Duncan urged them to get into the
turnaround business during a speech at the 2009 National Charter
Schools Conference.
[iv] However, there is good evidence that
school turnarounds in Massachusetts have been quite
successful, perhaps not surprising given the state's well - regarded accountability system, its generous support of public education, and its highly professional state department of education.
Strong leaders who set and maintain direction are the heart of a
successful school turnaround.
In 2011, she led New York State's first
successful public charter
school turnaround as executive director of Harlem Prep, which grew from the third percentile citywide to the 96th percentile in just one academic year.
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Clearly, many
school turnaround efforts have not been
successful.
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.
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.
These results, of course, do not imply that all recent
school turnaround reforms have been
successful.
It makes sense intuitively, and we have seen repeatedly that
successful school reform, charter
schools, and
turnaround initiatives focus first on discipline and culture to establish a foundation for learning.
But several years of similar findings reinforced that implementing these four practices well was the key to
successful school turnaround in Massachusetts.
Mayor de Blasio failed to mention specific structural changesthat would ensure «no bad
schools» like Boys and Girls High
School and Automotive High School, despite the availability of a research - backed blueprint for successful school turna
School and Automotive High
School, despite the availability of a research - backed blueprint for successful school turna
School, despite the availability of a research - backed blueprint for
successful school turna
school turnaround.
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.
Because of their central importance for
successful turnaround, these four practices now thread through all of our agency's supports for the state's lowest performing
schools.
Previously, he served in hybrid teacher leadership roles developing and operationalizing
successful school turnaround, design initiatives, and change - management efforts within the Los Angeles Unified School Dis
school turnaround, design initiatives, and change - management efforts within the Los Angeles Unified
School Dis
School District.
Prior to OVNV, Mary worked at Parent Revolution, where she organized a
successful in - district
turnaround campaign at Lennox Middle
School.
These improvements, known as «wraparound services,» have been
successful in other
turnaround efforts, notably the Harlem Children's Zone in New York, where families get free access to an array of health and nutrition counseling as well as after -
school programs, truancy prevention, literacy programs, financial advice and domestic - crisis resolution.
From my experience, this is what helps drive
successful school turnaround strategies that create true change for academic achievement.
Heads need to change between 30 and 50 per cent of the teaching staff at a failing secondary
school in their first three years if they want to see a
successful «culture shift», according to new research into the behaviour of
successful turnaround heads.
The good news is that there are examples of
successful turnaround efforts, where key ingredients include great leaders and
school systems ready to respond with best practices at the center of their work.
In her past and present roles she has been
successful at developing strategic
school - wide plans related to
school improvement, assessment transformation, expansion of curriculum and
turnaround school efforts.
As superintendent of Cross County
School District in Cherry Valley, Ark., McClure implemented a school turnaround program focused on the whole child that transformed all the schools in his rural district from School Improvement Status to successful schools that prioritize teaching standards that are relevant to students and have a real - world conne
School District in Cherry Valley, Ark., McClure implemented a
school turnaround program focused on the whole child that transformed all the schools in his rural district from School Improvement Status to successful schools that prioritize teaching standards that are relevant to students and have a real - world conne
school turnaround program focused on the whole child that transformed all the
schools in his rural district from
School Improvement Status to successful schools that prioritize teaching standards that are relevant to students and have a real - world conne
School Improvement Status to
successful schools that prioritize teaching standards that are relevant to students and have a real - world connection.
(Kashmere High
School is among the schools facing that threat, though in December, Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath approved a «turnaround plan» for the school that, if successful, could stem off state interven
School is among the
schools facing that threat, though in December, Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath approved a «
turnaround plan» for the
school that, if successful, could stem off state interven
school that, if
successful, could stem off state intervention.)
The CEO of the company running Arlington High
School in Indianapolis says SIG money will be critical to a
successful turnaround.
«I think that's one of the most dramatic examples of a
successful turnaround — the support among families knowing they have better
schools for their kids in their neighborhood.»
Shirley said the return of
schools to local control should not be about the
successful turnaround of the once - failing
school — but the condition of the entity that initially failed it.
A
successful school turnaround requires a systems approach with coherent guidance and support from the state and district to complement the actions of the
school; and A
successful school turnaround is more than the initial jolt of bold changes in structure, authority, and personnel; it includes phases in which effective practices and processes are routinized and sustained.
Since then, he's further made his mark on the legislation through
successful amendments that would allow states to develop their own
turnaround models for the lowest - performing
schools and permit students in each state's bottom 5 percent of
schools to transfer to other
schools.
In the end, for the Texas Organizing Project as well as for Elizalde, the most important thing «was really getting the opportunity to prove that this model was an effective,
successful model for
school turnaround,» Brim said.
The board is excited to be participating in the Center on
School Turnaround Board Training and to have access to case studies and exemplars from other
successful turnaround districts and boards.»
The framework shares, in practical language, the critical practices of
successful school turnaround in four domains, or areas of focus, that research and experience suggest are central to rapid and significant improvement:
turnaround leadership, talent development, instructional transformation, and culture shift.
The authors first identify six key actions that occur in stories of
successful turnarounds, suggesting that these actions will also be useful in
school turnaround..
While the
Turnaround Practices research has been a source of great insight into the key elements of
successful school turnaround, there are instances in which
successful implementation and subsequent student achievement remain elusive, even when significant resources are provided and perceived barriers to
turnaround are removed.
This document highlights findings from these
successful turnaround cases to provide examples to state, district, and
school - level educators working to strengthen struggling
schools.
New Dorp, once the black sheep of the borough, is being held up as a model of
successful school turnaround.
The
turnaround effort — dubbed Apollo 20 — is unique in that it's adopting many principles seen in
successful charter
schools and applying them to this urban district of over 200,000 students.
Kafele is known nationally for his
successful school turnaround efforts and his deep understanding of what it takes to motivate low - performing students of color.
While not inclusive of every study on
school improvement, the evidence base on
school turnaround presented here is illuminating and points to the following critical elements of
successful school turnaround.