Kentucky High School Launches Turnaround Journey
Ann Thiemann rolls up a world map in her classroom on the last day of school as she prepares to transfer from Shawnee High School in Louisville, Ky. The underperforming school is being shaken up under an aggressive school improvement plan.
—Pat McDonogh for Education Week
A Kentucky High School Gears Up Amid Building Pressure for Change
Louisville, Ky.
Keith Look really wants to hire the math teacher fidgeting nervously across the conference table.
"My math scores are going to kill me next year,” the Shawnee High School principal tells her. "I need a team of All-Stars. I really need you here.”
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