School Improvement

Four Ways to Stop Teacher Turnover From Hamstringing School Improvement

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 20:44:06 GMT

Staffing instability can unravel the social fabric of schools, experts say, unless leaders work to keep connections strong.

State Accountability Systems Aren't Actually Helping Schools Improve

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 21:07:26 GMT

The systems under federal education law should do more to shine a light on racial disparities in students' performance, a new report says.

How Schools Can Identify 'Evidence-Based' Programs That Could Actually Work

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:23:38 GMT

Federal law urges states and districts to use evidence-based interventions to help schools improve. What does that actually mean?

State Takeovers of School Districts Still Happen. New Research Questions Their Value

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 20:38:48 GMT

More than 100 districts across the country have experienced state takeovers.

What Districts With the Worst Attendance Have in Common

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:13:02 GMT

Districts often lack a systemic approach to coping with the spike in chronic attendance problems, a Michigan study suggests.

Low-Performing Schools Are Left to Languish by Districts and States, Watchdog Finds

Fri, 23 Feb 2024 20:33:46 GMT

Fewer than half of district plans for improving struggling schools meet bare minimum requirements.

Your School Improvement Plan Will Only Work If You Do This (Opinion)

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:53:40 GMT

A school improvement plan shouldn’t just be an afterthought. Here are four essential questions to make it count.

More than 1 in 4 Schools Targeted for Improvement, Survey Finds

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 22:15:26 GMT

The new federal findings show schools also continue to struggle with absenteeism.

How One State Is Talking About School Improvement (Opinion)

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 11:00:00 GMT

The country's longest-serving state schools chief addresses what's changed in the field of education during her tenure.

Pursue School Improvement Through Persuasion, Not Vilification (Opinion)

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 11:00:24 GMT

Neither haranguing opponents nor talking solely to the like-minded is likely to change minds or locate common ground.

Stop Wasting Your Time on School Improvement Plans That Don't Work. Try This Instead (Opinion)

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 11:14:03 GMT

Too often, school improvement plans are seen as compliance documents that have little value. They don't have to be.

Centering the Whole Child in School Improvement Planning and Redesign

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 20:54:17 GMT

Learn how leading with equity and empathy yield improved sense of belonging, attendance, and promotion rate to 10th grade.

Resolving Pain Points With Improvement Solutions That Work

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:46:57 GMT

Are you confident in your improvement efforts? Meet five experts who will share proven solutions to help you grow leaders, enhance teacher effectiveness, and improve achievement. While every school has its own strengths and obstacles—it’s

How Some K-12 Leaders Are Beating Businesses at the 'Greatness' Game

Thu, 14 Nov 2019 03:06:42 GMT

“Good to Great” author Jim Collins, who has spent more than 25 years studying what separates the best businesses from the rest, highlights effective efforts to improve school outcomes in a new monograph.

How ESSA Could Complicate Rural Turnarounds

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 01:01:39 GMT

Smaller school districts could face unique challenges in complying with the federal education law’s mandate for evidence-based strategies when it comes to improving their lowest-performing schools.

Who Should Improve the School Improvement Industry? (Opinion)

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 05:55:09 GMT

The school improvement industry is an unruly collection of outsiders. New research offers insight for greater cohesion, writes Thomas Hatch.

Principals Dealing With Hostility and Division in the Age of Trump, Survey Shows

Wed, 13 Mar 2019 04:10:18 GMT

Most high school principals are grappling with hostile clashes between students and a swirl of other problems stemming from the political division and heated rhetoric during the Trump presidency, according to a new report.

Taking Struggling Schools to New Heights

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 17:39:42 GMT

Nonprofit foundations usually influence how school leaders work. In the case of Superintendent Wendy Wyman, the reverse turned out to be true as well.

Questions About Credit Recovery Fall Disproportionately on Poor, Minority Students

Thu, 29 Nov 2018 05:01:44 GMT

The schools that rely most heavily on credit recovery to graduate their students are the ones that serve large populations of low-income and minority teenagers.

Many States Lack Focus on Equity in School Improvement, Report Suggests

Thu, 15 Nov 2018 05:04:31 GMT

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.

A Math Remediation Effort Boosted Students' College Credits. But Did Learning Improve?

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 14:01:00 GMT

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.

ESSA: How Can States Figure Out If New School Improvement Ideas Work?

Thu, 17 May 2018 13:12:02 GMT

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.

Bridging Research and Practice Through a Scholarship of Improvement (Opinion)

Thu, 12 Apr 2018 10:00:00 GMT

Reflections from the Carnegie Foundation's inaugural Academic Symposium exploring the improvement movement in education.

Learning Improvement Science (Opinion)

Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:00:00 GMT

Reflections from a first-time attendee to the Carnegie Foundation Summit on Improvement in Education.

'I Can Be a Catalyst': Schools Chief Steers His District Onto Right Path

Wed, 21 Feb 2018 17:02:06 GMT

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.

Gates Seeks to Fund Creation of Networks to Guide Secondary School Improvement

Tue, 09 Jan 2018 16:01:08 GMT

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.

High School in Prime Time: A 'Super School' Event Friday Night

Wed, 06 Sep 2017 16:44:14 GMT

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 Improvement Hinges on Access to Student Data (Opinion)

Sat, 02 Sep 2017 00:54:31 GMT

The threat of litigation could motivate state officials to work with education researchers, write two law professors.

Partnering to Improve: Insights from Baltimore (Opinion)

Thu, 10 Aug 2017 10:00:00 GMT

How using Improvement Science methods has helped solve problems in Baltimore schools. Contributed by the Baltimore Education Research Consortium.

The Case for Improvement Science (Opinion)

Mon, 07 Aug 2017 10:00:00 GMT

A perspective on Improvement Science as a promising concept in education, particularly in research-practice partnerships. Contributed by the Baltimore Education Research Consortium.