Sentences with phrase «with school turnaround efforts»

The CST leadership and evaluators wanted to know more about how SEAs were currently supporting districts in improving their capacity to assist with school turnaround efforts and how that support could be improved.

Not exact matches

States can focus turnaround efforts on schools with particularly low subgroup achievement — rather than schools with large achievement gaps.

Andy Smarick's recent article applies the word «turnaround» to a wide range of efforts to help struggling schools, and while he makes an interesting case, I disagree with his premise that school - turnaround efforts «have consistently fallen far short of hopes and expectations.»

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.

«We look forward to working with PIER Fellows to analyze the implementation and impact of statewide initiatives such as our curriculum frameworks, educator evaluation framework, and school and district turnaround efforts.

IZZI HERNANDEZ - CRUZ is an associate consultant with Public Impact, conducting quantitative analyses of school and district performance metrics to support strong accountability and turnaround evaluation efforts in both traditional and charter schools.

With unprecedented federal investment in failing schools through the multi-billion-dollar School Improvement Grant program, it's been a big year for school turnaround efSchool Improvement Grant program, it's been a big year for school turnaround efschool turnaround efforts.

Thus, we sought schools where specific practices in the PK — 3 years aligned with and accelerated promising turnaround efforts through the implementation of the SIG models.

After two years, the federal program providing billions of dollars to help states and districts close or remake some of their worst - performing schools remains an ambitious work in progress, with roughly 1,200 turnaround efforts under way but still no verdict on its effectiveness.

In general, most turnaround efforts have focused on improving individual schools, with less attention paid to changing the school - system level conditions that contributed to the chronic underperformance in the first place.

While the district has improved some of the turnaround efforts with the addition of a Year Zero planning process for some of the lowest - performing schools, the record of improving existing schools is mixed.

While Kline's proposal to end the federal School Improvement Program, one of the three key aspects of the Obama administration's school reform efforts, makes sense because school turnarounds driven by districts, are a fool's errand, he doesn't offer anything that would address the critical question of what to do with dropout factories and failure School Improvement Program, one of the three key aspects of the Obama administration's school reform efforts, makes sense because school turnarounds driven by districts, are a fool's errand, he doesn't offer anything that would address the critical question of what to do with dropout factories and failure school reform efforts, makes sense because school turnarounds driven by districts, are a fool's errand, he doesn't offer anything that would address the critical question of what to do with dropout factories and failure school turnarounds driven by districts, are a fool's errand, he doesn't offer anything that would address the critical question of what to do with dropout factories and failure mills.

We plan to introduce a tiered monitoring system that will focus efforts on the lowest performing schools and districts, with an emphasis on both compliance and outcomes and with the turnaround practices as a unifying framework.

Teach Plus T3 and C2 http://www.teachplus.org The Teach Plus teacher - designed T3 (Turnaround Teacher Teams) Initiative recruits, develops, and supports highly effective, experienced teachers to lead teams in turnaround efforts in low - performing schools with which Teach Plus forms partnerships.

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.

With lawmakers duking it out over whether or not to eliminate a large number of teacher aides in elementary classrooms, it's hard to imagine that the state and local school districts will be able to keep school turnaround efforts going into the future.

A centerpiece of the administration's plans throughout the state is the creation of seven new «regional achievement centers» that will serve as the hub of turnaround efforts for schools with low student achievement overall or wide gaps in achievement levels.

Duncan met with students and teachers during classroom visits, held roundtable discussions with administrators and educators to discuss school turnaround efforts, and participated in town hall meetings.

More than $ 40 million in federal grants awarded to some of Colorado's lowest - performing schools as part of a massive national turnaround effort is producing mixed results, with state officials suspending funding for five schools because of declining test scores.

Friction between the principals charged with improving the schools and teachers is also threatening the turnaround effort at some schools.

Jon Terry, who leads the Coalition, held a follow - up meeting with Jason Snyder (Director of the OST), in which he advocated that schools working with the OST be encouraged to report data on school climate in their turnaround efforts.

As part of the U.S. Department of Education's third annual back - to - school bus tour, on Thursday, Sept. 20, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and other senior Department officials will visit schools in Charleston and McDowell County, W.Va., where they will meet with educators and stakeholders for discussions on early learning, school turnaround efforts, and community - building partnerships.

The program will combine the assets and expertise of both agencies with the on - the - ground presence of AmeriCorps members in schools that are implementing a turnaround effort through the federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) program.

One such bill is SB 1552 by Altamonte Springs Republican David Simmons which would encourage school turnaround efforts in which districts extend their school days by at least an hour, provide students with wraparound services, or give charter - like autonomy to their principals.

As one of [our] external providers, the CST has helped our state with initiatives toward making a turnaround effort with differentiated support for school -, complex -, and state - level leaders.

In line with the Center on School Turnaround's charge to support states» efforts, we sought to highlight districts engaged in focused turnaround efforts where their respective boards played a key role in catalyzing, shaping, and supporting targeted improvement efforts.

«The Montezuma - Cortez RE-1 school board is leading a district engaged in whole system improvement efforts as well as targeted turnaround with several elementary schools.

This descriptive, mixed - methods analysis uses survey data from state - level turnaround leaders in all 50 states and interviews with eight intentionally selected state leaders to launch a discussion about how states support districts in school - turnaround efforts.

The Achievement School District: Lessons from Tennessee reports on the ASD model, including the viability of charter schools within a community - based enrollment system, developing a sustainable teacher and leader pipeline, and collaboration with the Shelby County district - run turnaround effort, called iZone.

Tawwab worked his way up through the ranks in Detroit with a reputation for a steady, data - driven approach to boosting student achievement, says Jo Ann Andrees, who works with Michigan State and the state education department on school turnaround efforts.

Ms. Williams was placed with the University of Virginia's Darden - Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education in Charlottesville, Va., where she works with school districts around the country to support their school turnaround efforts.

Contrast Grim's statements with the frustrations of the Indianapolis Public Schools leaders, who moved to authorize a lawsuit against the state over its intervention plans Thursday: While the district wants to fight the outright takeover of four other district schools, the much - less - intrusive intervention at Washington means staff can more easily get on board with state - led turnaround eSchools leaders, who moved to authorize a lawsuit against the state over its intervention plans Thursday: While the district wants to fight the outright takeover of four other district schools, the much - less - intrusive intervention at Washington means staff can more easily get on board with state - led turnaround eschools, the much - less - intrusive intervention at Washington means staff can more easily get on board with state - led turnaround efforts.

Green Dot has proven it can improve outcomes for low - income, high - risk youth, by building new schools, and through turnaround efforts, and in partnership with a unionized workforce.

District and school leaders should implement turnaround strategies based on evidence from rigorous studies of turnaround efforts in North Carolina and other states, or well - conceived, innovative strategies with sound theoretical foundations.

The ASD has collaborated with high - performing charter operators to conduct school turnarounds in neighborhood schools; collaborated with philanthropic leaders to build a sustainable educator talent pipeline for the bottom 5 percent of the state's schools; engaged neighborhood communities in the process of matching charter operators to schools selected into the ASD; and influenced district - led turnaround efforts.

The TISS initiative builds an innovative new program on the foundation of three existing core NYCLA programs with proven results: our nationally - recognized and externally validated Aspiring Principals Program (APP), which recruits, prepares, and supports talented educators committed to leading school turnaround efforts; the Leadership Advancement Program (LAP), which prepares aspiring leaders; and our current coaching program for NYC principals, especially those early in their careers.

They found that, with some exceptions, districts and schools in Washington state are approaching the turnaround work in ways only marginally different from past school improvement efforts.

Teachers pledge to remain at Milner for the minimum three years of the turnaround effort, although Principal Doreen Crawford, who joined Milner this school year after a 15 - year career with Jumoke, is stepping down in late June.

In an interview with the Public School Forum, Hall explained that the Innovative School District is essentially an effort to build a brand new local school district aimed at turning around low - performing schools — and, he said, lawmakers understood that there's a start - up cost to that kind of work when they developed an initial budget for the turnaround School Forum, Hall explained that the Innovative School District is essentially an effort to build a brand new local school district aimed at turning around low - performing schools — and, he said, lawmakers understood that there's a start - up cost to that kind of work when they developed an initial budget for the turnaround School District is essentially an effort to build a brand new local school district aimed at turning around low - performing schools — and, he said, lawmakers understood that there's a start - up cost to that kind of work when they developed an initial budget for the turnaround school district aimed at turning around low - performing schools — and, he said, lawmakers understood that there's a start - up cost to that kind of work when they developed an initial budget for the turnaround model.

The law governing the Innovative School District requires a partnership with a private charter school operator that will manage the day - to - day operations of schools selected for state turnaround efSchool District requires a partnership with a private charter school operator that will manage the day - to - day operations of schools selected for state turnaround efschool operator that will manage the day - to - day operations of schools selected for state turnaround efforts.

School turnarounds are possible, but they take a concerted effort with strong leadership and persistent, achievement - oriented collaboration among staff.