School Improvement
Education
Many States Lack Focus on Equity in School Improvement, Report Suggests
A study of 17 states finds shortcomings in their school turnaround approaches and says it can be hard to tell how states will sustain their school improvement efforts.
College & Workforce Readiness
A Math Remediation Effort Boosted Students' College Credits. But Did Learning Improve?
Tennessee offers college remediation in 12th grade, and it pays off with boosting students' enrollment rates in credit-bearing classes. The catch? Students didn't appear to be any stronger in math than their peers.
Every Student Succeeds Act
ESSA: How Can States Figure Out If New School Improvement Ideas Work?
Two nonprofits that work with states suggest in a new report that they develop procedures to build evidence and establish outside partnerships, among other strategies to vet school improvement ideas.
School & District Management
Opinion
Bridging Research and Practice Through a Scholarship of Improvement
Reflections from the Carnegie Foundation's inaugural Academic Symposium exploring the improvement movement in education.
School & District Management
Opinion
Learning Improvement Science
Reflections from a first-time attendee to the Carnegie Foundation Summit on Improvement in Education.
School & District Management
Leader To Learn From
'I Can Be a Catalyst': Schools Chief Steers His District Onto Right Path
Superintendent Emmanuel Caulk is executing on a plan to restore confidence in Kentucky’s Fayette County school system where financial troubles and inattention to low-income, nonwhite, and special education students had drawn criticism. He is recognized as a 2018 Leader To Learn From.
College & Workforce Readiness
Gates Seeks to Fund Creation of Networks to Guide Secondary School Improvement
Part of its recently announced $1.7 billion investment in K-12, the foundation is looking for groups to keep tabs on networks trying out different approaches to improve middle and high schools.
School & District Management
High School in Prime Time: A 'Super School' Event Friday Night
High school redesign gets a celebrity twist this week, with a national telecast that's meant to engage people nationwide in the work to create better high schools.
School & District Management
Opinion
Partnering to Improve: Insights from Baltimore
How using Improvement Science methods has helped solve problems in Baltimore schools. Contributed by the Baltimore Education Research Consortium.
School & District Management
Opinion
The Case for Improvement Science
A perspective on Improvement Science as a promising concept in education, particularly in research-practice partnerships. Contributed by the Baltimore Education Research Consortium.
School & District Management
Video
Cincinnati Superintendent Shares Her Vision for School Improvement
Mary Ronan is the superintendent of Cincinnati Public Schools. She was recognized as an exceptional school leader in 2013 for turning around Cincinnati schools. In this presentation at Education Week’s Leaders To Learn From event, Superintendent Ronan describes her district’s school improvement plan and explains what schools can do to meet—and exceed—the expectations they have for the students they serve.
More about Ronan’s philosophy here: https://leaders.edweek.org/profile/mary-ronan/
College & Workforce Readiness
Investigation: High Schools Hide Dropouts by Steering Them to Alternative Programs
A ProPublica investigation finds that many high schools game their accountability systems by funneling their worst achievers to alternative schools, where they learn little or drop out.
School & District Management
Competency-Based Learning: A Dropout Prevention Strategy?
A new study by the U.S. Department of Education finds that nearly one-third of high schools offer competency-based advancement, the opportunity to move ahead based on mastery, rather than seat time.
School & District Management
Video
Successful K-12 Leaders 'Can't Do Everything': Mike Schmoker, Keynote Speaker, Leaders To Learn From 2017
The most effective district and school leaders are able to identify the practices that are working best to improve classroom teaching and student achievement and help keep their teams of educators focused on those, says K-12 school improvement expert Mike Schmoker who will deliver a keynote address at Leaders To Learn From 2017. See him speak at our event in Washington, D.C. on March 31, 2017.