Category Archives: Turnaround Schools

School Improvement Grants at Work in Miami-Dade

Posted on November 24, 2010 by jjohnson

Assistant Secretary Thelma Meléndez visited Miami-Dade to see School Improvement Grants in action. Here’s her report. Continue reading →

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Community and Interfaith Service Helping Turn Around Our Lowest-Performing Schools

Posted on September 22, 2010 by pkickbush

Education, nonprofit, and faith leaders participated in a White House meeting on the role of community-based organizations in turning around low-performing schools. Continue reading →

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Secretary Duncan Visits Charlotte, North Carolina

Posted on September 17, 2010 by pkickbush

Secretary Duncan visited Sterling Elementary School in Pineville, N.C., where he participated in a discussion about turning around low-performing schools. Continue reading →

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Illuminating Positive Change: Rural Transformation at West Carter Middle School

Posted on July 12, 2010 by jjohnson

West Carter Middle School improved dramatically and is now in the top 15% of middle schools in Kentucky. How did West Carter do it? Watch this video. Continue reading →

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Voices from Turnaround Schools

Posted on May 6, 2010 by pkickbush

What’s it like to turn around a low-performing school? Teachers, principals, parents, and students describe the experience in these three videos.
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Support for Turning Around Low-Performing Schools

Posted on April 8, 2010 by pkickbush

States have begun receiving School Improvement Grants (SIG) funding to turn around their persistently lowest achieving schools. The funds are part of the $3.5 billion available to states this spring from the 2009 budget and the Recovery Act. See press … Continue reading →

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What’s Possible: Turning Around America’s Lowest-Achieving Schools

Posted on March 5, 2010 by pkickbush

How can low-performing schools be turned around? These videos tell the stories of three turnaround schools. Continue reading →

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A Promise Kept, A School Renewed: Locke High School’s Turn Around

Posted on January 29, 2010 by pkickbush

A school turnaround model and lots of hard work by teachers, students, and the community led to dramatic improvements in a Los Angeles school. This video tells the story. Continue reading →

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Kansas City Community Stakeholders Meeting on Turnaround Schools

Posted on January 15, 2010 by jjohnson

How do we pave the way for turning around low-performing schools? ED officials met with parents, teachers, and others in Kansas City to discuss that. Continue reading →

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23 Students from an Aspiring LA “Turnaround School” Write to Secretary Duncan and Receive a Reply

Posted on January 13, 2010 by jjohnson

Students at an aspiring “turnaround school” in Los Angeles sent Secretary Duncan a letter. Read his response. Continue reading →

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Turning Around Low-Performing Schools

Posted on June 23, 2009 by pkickbush

“We need everyone who cares about public education to take on the toughest assignment of all: turning around our lowest-performing schools.” That’s what Secretary Duncan said at a national charter schools conference yesterday. There are about 5,000 low-performing schools—about 5% … Continue reading →

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