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"High Standards at Work:
Comprehensive Approaches to School Improvement"

Tuesday, March 16, 1999 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. (MT), 8:00-9:00 p.m. (ET)
(Live from Denver, Colorado)

Real school improvement can't be piecemeal. Research tells us that the best way to improve a school is with a comprehensive approach ensuring that every element of the school focuses on raising student achievement and improving teaching and learning. Such an approach aligns all of a school's resources - human, financial, and technological - and integrates core academic subject areas, professional development for teachers, school organization, and parent involvement to achieving high standards.

In a special broadcast, live from Denver, Colorado, the March Satellite Town Meeting will focus on schools and communities that are using research-based designs for school-wide change that work to raise student achievement. The program will examine comprehensive improvement programs that emphasize getting high standards into the classroom, mastering the basics, quality teaching and leadership, and parental involvement.

Secretary Riley and his guests will discuss such questions as:

  • What is a "comprehensive school reform approach"? How does it help achieve success and high standards?
  • How do schools and school districts determine which school improvement approach is right for them?
  • How can schools align all their resources to improve student achievement?
  • What help is available to schools that want to undertake comprehensive school reform?
  • How can research-based models help schools improve teaching and learning for low- achieving student?
  • In what ways can parents and the community encourage high standards and support comprehensive reform?

    The March Town Meeting Guests are:

  • Dr. Steven M. Ross, Professor and Senior Researcher, University of Memphis, Center for Research in Educational Policy, Memphis, Tennessee

  • Ms. Deborah Guardia, Principal, Esther Perez Carvajal Elementary School, San Antonio, Texas

  • Dr. Hugh Burkett, Superintendent, Clover Park District Schools, Lakewood, Washington

  • Mrs. Merredith Branscombe Lewis, Parent, Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning, Denver, Colorado

Call in or e-mail us during the broadcast with your questions.

Spanish translators will be available. ~~ The program is always simulcast in Spanish.

To participate, all you need is to locate a facility with satellite downlink capabilities. Or, call your local cable access station or school board channel and give them the satellite coordinates:

C-Band:Galaxy 3, transponder/channel 21; Orbital Location: 95? West; Downlink Frequency 4120 MHz; Horizontal polarity; Audio 6.2 (Spanish) and 6.8 (English)

KU-Band:SBS-6 transponder/channel 9; Orbital Location: 74? West; Downlink Frequency 11921 MHz; Horizontal polarity; Audio (Spanish) and 6.8 (English)

To view the Satellite Town Meeting live via the Internet visit: quest.arc.nasa.gov/ltc/stm/index.html

Please note that satellite coordinates are subject to change. Register your participation to ensure you will be notified of any changes by calling 1-800-USA-LEARN, by e-mail at Satellite_Town_Meeting@ed.gov, or by visiting our web-site at http://www.ed/gov/inits/stm/.

The Satellite Town Meeting is produced in partnership with the National Alliance of Business, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Committee for Economic Development with support from The Bayer Foundation and the Procter & Gamble Fund. Broadcast and cable partners include Discovery Communications, the Public Broadcasting Service, NASA, and Channel One Connection. Use of the Satellite Town Meeting is free and unrestricted.

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