Public schools, given the right incentives and resources, can be as effective at innovating to raise test scores as charters, as two recent studies of Massachusetts»
turnaround schools show.
All but one of the eight elementary
turnaround schools show substantial gains in closing the achievement gap, with the percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards on the state test rising 8 - 28 percent, compared to the school's pre-turnaround status.
Not exact matches
Thanks to Lamar Alexander's work over the past week, it
shows a willingness to let states take the lead on key issues like teacher evaluation and
school turnarounds.
Some education leaders have complained that the federal models are too inflexible and don't put enough emphasis on parent involvement, but a little more than a year later, some
turnaround schools are starting to
show gains.
Data released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education on the $ 3.5 billion
School Improvement Grant program show that the federal turnaround grants haven't just gone to schools in urban areas, or for less - drastic school improvement ef
School Improvement Grant program
show that the federal
turnaround grants haven't just gone to
schools in urban areas, or for less - drastic
school improvement ef
school improvement efforts.
Turnarounds have consistently
shown themselves to be ineffective — truly an unscalable strategy for improving urban districts — and our relentless preoccupation with improving the worst
schools actually inhibits the development of a healthy urban public - education industry.
Meanwhile, the education chapters offer the not - so - stunning conclusion that there's very little research to guide
school turnaround efforts, though some evidence
shows that the strategy can work, under the right conditions, with the right leadership.
CPS cited Marshall «A
turnaround school that has revitalized its curriculum, culture, and climate, and is
showing clear gains as a result.
I hoped that this would finally be the release of data
showing SIG -
school by SIG -
school how proficiency rates had changed since the SIG interventions — data to
show us whether the billions spent on the
turnaround craze went to good use.
Mounting evidence from fields like neuroscience and cognitive psychology, as well as studies on such topics as
school turnaround implementation,
shows that an academically challenging yet supportive and safe learning environment boosts both children's learning and coping abilities.
District
turnaround efforts are
showing some serious promise, and stellar charter
schools like Denver
School of Science and Technology and UPrep continue to improve student performance.
Furthermore, the most recent state test scores
showed that Denver performed better than most districts in the state,
showing commendable improvements in
turnaround schools located in Far Northeast and Northwest Denver, even though the district is still far from its own goal of 3.5 percent improvement in growth across all subjects.
These findings are consistent with those from Tulane's Education Research Alliance that
showed school closure and
turnarounds produced between 25 % and 40 % of New Orleans» unprecedented academic growth.
«We already have a model that works and there is evidence to support it's working,» said Hall, referring to a
school turnaround model funded by federal Race to the Top dollars that has
shown to help some of the state's poorest - performing public
schools improve academically over the past few years.
Community
schools are often praised for substantial
turnarounds in attendance and graduation rates, and in Cincinnati, the
schools that first embraced the model have
shown modest progress.
With high profile
turnarounds operated by charter
schools that have
shown record gains or modest but steady cultural and academic improvement, the argument that charters can't serve local communities is ebbing.
School staff presented preliminary test scores which, they say,
show the
turnaround plan is working.
The district has also
showed progress in the
turnaround work with their Year 0
turnaround cohort producing real momentum at previously low - performing
schools by prioritizing family voice and new academic designs.
New Consortium research
shows that the positive effect of
turnarounds in elementary
schools is very small, and there is negligible improvement in the high
school turnarounds.
Freedom of Information requests to over 70 councils
show that 35
schools took longer than two years to convert, even though the government aims to make
turnarounds in nine months or under.
New research
shows Obama
school turnaround program worked — in a few places chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2017/...
On the eve of a potentially catastrophic Board of Education vote to
turnaround ten more Chicago
schools, the
school reform research group Designs for Change has released a report
showing that
school turnarounds are not worth the extra expense, and that the unheralded reforms brought about under the authority of parent - led, democratically - elected local
school councils have been far more effective.
One year into an aggressive, expensive
school turnaround initiative, some of Denver's lowest - performing public
schools are
showing marked academic improvement by providing an education nearly identical to that of the highest - performing charter
schools in the country.
Buffalo
shows turnaround of urban
schools is possible, but it takes a lot more than just money hechingerreport.org/buffalo-
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The
show chronicles a first year «
turnaround» high
school in New Orleans which has been taken over by a charter company.
Research
shows that career pathways can improve teacher evaluation procedures and improve student achievement.13 For example, research from the Emerging Leaders Program — a job - embedded teacher leadership development program —
shows that with high - quality training, teacher leaders can quickly improve achievement among students in high - need
school districts in places such as New York City, the District of Columbia, and Shelby County, Tennessee.14 Likewise, student achievement growth in
schools implementing Teach Plus» T3 Initiative — a teacher - designed
turnaround model that trains and supports teacher leaders to improve
school outcomes and transform
schools — is consistently more than double that of area district and charter
schools.15
While the creation of standards - based assessments, reshaping instructional practices, and extending the
school day were all strategies that the
school explored during the
turnaround effort, students needed the motivation to change and
show their true potential.
Boston College launched this program as a
school turnaround strategy, and researchers from there have spent years documenting the results, which
showed that elementary students scored lower in math and reading than similar peers at the start of the program, but caught up by 4th or 5th grade.
But the ghost of Christmas present
showed up at the DPS
School Board meeting where the 4 to 3 vote to dismantle both of these schools and three others under the mantle of reform and turnaround passed at 1:30 a.m.. Each of the two staffs and students from Montbello HS and Oakland Elementary School made presentations to the school board about the progress that was already happening and asked for more time to prove they could make it
School Board meeting where the 4 to 3 vote to dismantle both of these
schools and three others under the mantle of reform and
turnaround passed at 1:30 a.m.. Each of the two staffs and students from Montbello HS and Oakland Elementary
School made presentations to the school board about the progress that was already happening and asked for more time to prove they could make it
School made presentations to the
school board about the progress that was already happening and asked for more time to prove they could make it
school board about the progress that was already happening and asked for more time to prove they could make it work.