Students will work collaboratively and individually to create a systematic accountability process and develop pragmatic steps to design, implement, evaluate and
effectively promote school improvement.
CAMBRIDGE, MA — Nonprofit groups that organize, educate, and mobilize parents to take active roles
in promoting school improvement in their communities are on the rise in a number of states.
Provision of Title I Services (2002) examines the extent to which changes in Title I legislation have
helped promote school improvement activities, as well as the provision of instructional services including extended time, use of pullout and in - class instruction, use of teacher aides; and coordination of services for special population students.
The superintendents and a graduate will join CEO Irma Zardoya to discuss how job - embedded change projects serve to develop leadership within schools
while promoting school improvement goals.
She is one of the authors of the book, Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago, which provides a detailed analysis of school practices and community conditions
which promote school improvement.
In the Winter 2012 issue of Ed Next, Bruno Manno wrote about the growing number of advocacy groups that empower parents to take active roles
in promoting school improvement in their communities, including Parent Revolution, which has helped California parents organize to pull the «parent trigger.»
On February 8, Lecturer Paul Reville testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions at a hearing on No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) reauthorization and strategies that
promote school improvement.
The point is not that any of these innovations are clearly going to
promote school improvement.
Over the several decades that standardized test results have been used as an accountability measure, few have questioned the assumption that these tests provide evidence that actually reflects school quality and that can
promote school improvement.
But what happens when district and charter leaders approach co-location as a tool to
promote school improvement, rather than simply a real estate deal?
«Strategies for School Leaders That
Promote School Improvement.»
What we expect is an invaluable tool for governors and senior school leaders which sets out best practice in building productive relationships to
promote school improvement.
It engages all stakeholders in ongoing and reflective conversation, consensus building, and decision making about governance to
promote school improvement.
The brief closes with policy recommendations on how states and districts can best utilize dashboards to
promote school improvement.
She has had a particular interest in delving into the functional aspects of educational leadership as a shared asset by the principal, teachers as well as the community, and the use of data in
promoting school improvement.