State Specialists' Team Offers Aid in Turnaround
Louisville, Ky.
In Kentucky, becoming part of the School Improvement Grant Program meant more than just getting federal money for a rigorous turnaround plan: It meant that Principal Keith Look and his staff had to get used to the idea of having three officials from the state education department stationed right in their school, working with them daily.
Mr. Look was initially dubious about the arrangement. Having worked as an administrator in struggling schools in other states, he’s seen firsthand the friction that can develop between school staff members and specialists sent in by a state education agency.
Some of his teachers were...
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Correction:
A previous version of this story misspelled the name of the mathematics department head at the Academy @ Shawnee. It is Dion vonAllmen.
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