Low Performing Schools

Teaching Profession Opinion Accountability: What the Top Performers Do
Marc Tucker continues the discussion on accountability and describes how the top-performing education systems use assessments and the results to help students and schools improve.
Marc Tucker, March 14, 2014
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Federal SIG Program Gets Makeover in Newly Passed Budget
States and districts getting School Improvement Grant aid could receive greater flexibility under language included in the federal spending measure.
Alyson Klein, January 28, 2014
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6 min read
Mya Adams, a 4th grader at the Miami school, reads aloud for her classmates. Because of its low reading scores, the school under a 2012 state law had to extend the day by an hour and use the time for intensive reading instruction.
Mya Adams, a 4th grader at the Miami school, reads aloud for her classmates. Because of its low reading scores, the school under a 2012 state law had to extend the day by an hour and use the time for intensive reading instruction.
Josh Ritchie for Education Week
Reading & Literacy Fla. Pushes Longer Day, More Reading in Some Schools
Early results suggest the new state policy, which targets the 100 lowest-performing elementary schools in the Sunshine State, may be paying off.
Catherine Gewertz, January 22, 2014
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8 min read
Federal Caution Flags Raised for Six Waiver States
Federal monitoring reports show that some states with No Child Left Behind Act waivers are struggling in key areas.
Michele McNeil, January 14, 2014
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5 min read
Brian Taylor, front left, and Season Williams, right, both 3rd graders, line up at Memphis College Prep, a charter school in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, like many other communities, is undergoing profound changes in the structure and administration of its schools. In addition to merging with the neighboring Shelby County school system, Memphis includes a mix of regular public schools, state-run schools, and charter schools.
Brian Taylor, front left, and Season Williams, right, both 3rd graders, line up at Memphis College Prep, a charter school in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, like many other communities, is undergoing profound changes in the structure and administration of its schools. In addition to merging with the neighboring Shelby County school system, Memphis includes a mix of regular public schools, state-run schools, and charter schools.
Swikar Patel/Education Week
School & District Management Rival Strategies for Running Schools Put Memphis in Hot Seat
A variety of approaches to running and improving the school system illustrate challenges facing local control.
Jaclyn Zubrzycki, January 3, 2014
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7 min read
School & District Management Moving Top Teachers to Struggling Schools Has Benefits
A new study finds that effective educators help their new students learn more. But the problem is, many are reluctant to transfer to another school.
Stephen Sawchuk, November 7, 2013
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4 min read
West Creek Elementary School is just a few miles from the California school converted to a charter at the insistence of parents. That school's former principal now runs West Creek.
West Creek Elementary School is just a few miles from the California school converted to a charter at the insistence of parents. That school's former principal now runs West Creek.
Eric Grigorian for Education Week
Families & the Community Charter-Campaign Aftershocks Continue
Schools leaders in Adelanto, Calif., look for ways to revive low-performing schools after a bruising charter fight under the state's parent-trigger law.
Karla Scoon Reid, October 15, 2013
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4 min read
Parent Cynthia Ramirez, center, the lead organizer of the Desert Trails Parent Union, at a union meeting with other parents in Adelanto, Calif. Members of the group say they want to remain vigilant and involved after initiating the creation of Desert Trails Preparatory Academy, a charter school.
Parent Cynthia Ramirez, center, the lead organizer of the Desert Trails Parent Union, at a union meeting with other parents in Adelanto, Calif. Members of the group say they want to remain vigilant and involved after initiating the creation of Desert Trails Preparatory Academy, a charter school.
Eric Grigorian for Education Week
Families & the Community 'Parent Trigger' School Faces Challenge to Deliver
A charter school created under California's law enabling parents to initiate an overhaul must show progress in a still-wary community.
Karla Scoon Reid, October 15, 2013
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10 min read
School & District Management Va. Battle Brews Over Law Authorizing State-Run District
Local school boards in Virginia gear up for a legal fight against a new law creating a state-run K-12 district for low-performing schools.
Andrew Ujifusa, September 10, 2013
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6 min read
School & District Management Opinion Turnarounds Take Leadership, Humility
Two leaders of the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools reflect on the lessons they have learned about school turnarounds.
Marshall Tuck & Colleen Oliver, August 20, 2013
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6 min read
School & District Management State District to Run Struggling Schools in Va.
The Old Dominion is the fourth state to create an entity to turn around its lowest-performing schools.
Jaclyn Zubrzycki, June 11, 2013
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3 min read
Keith Look, the principal of the Academy @ Shawnee, slaps hands with a student at the end of the school day. Intensive efforts to turn around the Louisville, Ky., high school have not yet yielded the needed results.
Keith Look, the principal of the Academy @ Shawnee, slaps hands with a student at the end of the school day. Intensive efforts to turn around the Louisville, Ky., high school have not yet yielded the needed results.
Pat McDonogh for Education Week
Federal After Early Progress, Ky. School Struggles to Turn Around
After three years, a $1.5 million investment, and a huge staffing shake-up, the long-troubled former Shawnee High School in Louisville, Ky., remains on tenuous ground.
Alyson Klein, June 11, 2013
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10 min read
Gov. Chris Christie, center, announces New Jersey’s plans to take over the public schools in Camden. At his side are education Commissioner Christopher Cerf and Camden Mayor Dana Redd.
Gov. Chris Christie, center, announces New Jersey’s plans to take over the public schools in Camden. At his side are education Commissioner Christopher Cerf and Camden Mayor Dana Redd.
John Ziomek/Camden Courier-Post/AP-File
School & District Management N.J. Moves to Take Over Another District
The plan would make Camden the fourth system under state control since the controversial strategy was first used nearly 25 years ago.
Jaclyn Zubrzycki, May 31, 2013
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7 min read
Teaching Profession Principal Swaps Security Guards for Art Teachers
According to NBC News, a school in Roxbury, Mass., has seen positive effects--at least in terms of academics and school culture--from cutting back on school security, and using those funds to up arts instruction.
Liana Loewus, May 2, 2013
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1 min read
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