Not exact matches
Cities look for a savior to transform their
school systems, lasting
reform takes a
sustained, community - wide
effort
Even as
school districts around California and the nation come under pressure to
sustain existing
reforms and introduce new ones, budget cuts are threatening to slow or halt those
reform efforts.
With fewer resources, public
schools that are already struggling may be hard - pressed to
sustain their infrastructure, let alone advance
reform efforts designed to boost student achievement.
«Our research indicates that if a
school is going to
sustain reform efforts, there must be a bottom - up leadership framework that is collaborative and shared by all education stakeholders,» added Simmons.
The American Association of
School Administrators recently released a survey of superintendents that showed that while most believe there is a role for competitive grants, most also worry about over-investment in those grants at the expense of more stable dollars that districts can depend upon to
sustain reform efforts.
As
reform - minded governors of both parties could use the federal presence (both in the form of Race or the No Child Left Behind Act) to
sustain their
efforts, so can counterparts in
school districts in their face - offs with NEA and AFT locals.
I can think of four studies that linked parent involvement to the
school's effectiveness in implementing a
reform and I can think of one study that linked the lack of parental support and that
reform effort's failure to get implemented or to be
sustained in the
schools.
The end result was a
school community that was unlikely to garner the adult
effort required to initiate and
sustain reform.
Los Angeles Public
Schools have been working since 2005 to
reform discipline, showing that this issue requires
sustained effort.