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Elementary Schools

	Principles of Effective Schoolwide Programs
	Barnes Elementary School A Team Approach to Literacy Acquisition
	Fienberg Fisher Elementary School Academic Success Through a "Full Service" School
	Lincoln Worldlab Magnet Elementary School Ensuring Success for All Students
	Montview Elementary School Commitment to Teacher Development
	P.S. 172 A Beacon of Excellence
	Worcester Arts Magnet School A Standards-Based, Arts-Integrated Schoolwide Curriculum

Principles of Effective Schoolwide Programs

Schoolwide programs use multiple sources of federal, state, and local funding to plan and implement comprehensive reforms that benefit all students. Combining funds provides the resources schools need to increase children's learning without having to separately identify individual children to receive specialized services or to track federal dollars. Research indicates that effective, long-running schoolwide programs:

	Plan for comprehensive, long-term improvement with data-based strategies
	Serve all students and their families with well-trained, highly-skilled teachers and specialists
	Offer teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, and parents continuing learning opportunities
	Adapt research to solve a variety of emerging problems
	Use inclusive approaches to strengthen the school's organizational infrastructure
	Support comprehensive reform with adequate resources
	Engage in continuous self-assessment and renewal
	Commit to invest time and to risk change

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