Tag Archives: SIG

A Preliminary Progress Report on Turning Around the Lowest-Performing Schools

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Guest Blogger

As Secretary Duncan highlighted earlier this month at the Grad Nation Summit, we are now starting to get preliminary achievement data on the first year of state and local efforts to turn around the nation’s lowest-performing schools. The results, while … Continue reading →

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The Hard Work of School Turnarounds—When a Struggling School Becomes a Place Where Students Want to Be

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Julie Ewart

Hammond High School junior Katherine Lopez has seen a big change in teachers’ attitudes since her freshman year at the northwest Indiana school in 2009/10. “Teachers seem much more involved with students and with what they’re teaching,” she said. “If … Continue reading →

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School Turnarounds Are Succeeding

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Cameron Brenchley

America cannot keep the promise a quality education to every child without ending the cycle of failure in our chronically low-performing schools. From the early days of the Obama Administration, the President and Secretary Duncan explained that the country could … Continue reading →

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Nevada District Finds Success in Turning Around

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Tony Miller

Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of vising Dilworth STEM Academy for 7th and 8th graders in Sparks, Nevada to meet with Washoe County School District (WCSD) leadership and school staff. This district serves 63,000 and has had amazing success … Continue reading →

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Springfield, Ohio: ‘We Don’t Let Barriers Get in the Way’

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Julie Ewart

While Springfield, Ohio schools cope with a growing number of poor families, an achievement gap and a declining population — similar to many other districts nationwide — the community is tackling those challenges head-on. “We don’t let barriers get in … Continue reading →

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Red Jackets On, City Year Supports At-Risk Students

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Massie Ritsch

CLEVELAND-You know them immediately by their red coats. And their enthusiasm. They are City Year corps members-young Americans who serve for a year in urban communities throughout the country, including in Cleveland and its public schools. On Wednesday afternoon, City … Continue reading →

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ED and USDA Promote the Value in Rural Partnerships

Posted on July 27, 2011 by John White

Land-grant university Cooperative Extension Services can be valuable partners for rural schools, particularly in distant and remote areas where other partnerships are hard to come by. During a recent webinar, School Improvement Grant (SIG) administrators in state education departments learned … Continue reading →

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Talking Educación with Puerto Rican Teachers

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Guest Blogger

The challenges and opportunities in education were the topics of conversation last Friday, when teacher leaders and administrators from Puerto Rico visited ED to discuss the teaching profession and to meet with ED officials. The educators are in Washington as … Continue reading →

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SIG Grant Invested in Teachers, Technology at Rural Turnaround High School

Posted on May 31, 2011 by John White

Teachers and administrators in the rural village of DePue, Ill—more than 100 miles southwest of Chicago—are connecting with their colleagues and students in new and exciting ways as they lead the difficult work of turning around academic achievement in their … Continue reading →

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Supporting Rural Schools

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana

Cross-posted from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) Blog As I’ve mentioned in this blog before, we in OESE are taking a new approach to working and helping districts build capacity, especially those who serve diverse groups of … Continue reading →

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Building Capacity for School Turnaround: The 2011 School Improvement Grant Regional Conferences

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana

This morning, I’m excited to help kick off the 2011 School Improvement Grant Eastern Regional Conference in Washington, DC – an intensive, two-day event for school, district, and state leaders who are working to turn around their lowest-performing schools. The … Continue reading →

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4-H and Extensions Offer Partners for School Turnarounds

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Sherry Schweitzer

“I couldn’t be more hopeful, more optimistic about your generation” Secretary Duncan told a group of nearly 500 4-H youth delegates earlier today at the National 4-H Youth Conference in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined Secretary Duncan … Continue reading →

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