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Helpful resources to support the school improvement process.
Updated on Jun 24, 15
Created on Jun 24, 09
Category: Schools & Education
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Empowered High Schools -- information for school improvement process, including Response to Intervention, data-driven curriculum, teacher leadership, professional learning teams, and continuous quality improvement.
Tips for getting people to share information.
Several suggestions for establishing a culture of learning at a school.
Article in Time magazine that profiles charter schools and restructuring education. (Very disturbing to me. If public schools could operate under these same conditions, they could make progress too.)
Resources for school improvement and using data effectively.
A .pdf of Anne Henderson's testimony to a congressional committee on parent engagement.
Cartoon inspired by the writings of Diane Ravitch about school reform and RttT.
Links to resources and articles about digital parent involvement.
Plethora of resources from Doug Reeves related to assessment, data, instruction, leadership, school improvement, and standards.
Tips for strategic planning: With the demands and complexities of public school systems in the 21st century, it is hard to imagine how school districts can continue raising the bar without effective and comprehensive strategic planning.
Edited video of a panel discussion following a screening of Race to Nowhere. Panelists include: Dr. Mark Crawford (moderator), Alfie Kon (author), Dr. James Wagner (Preseident, Emory University0, Dr. Pearl Kane (Klingenstein Center Chair, Teachers College, Columbia University(, and Vicki Abeles (Flimmaker).
Did You Get the Memo video clip that points to issues of not focusing on the right stuff.
Self-Assessment Tool: A Coherent Approach to High School Improvement enables you to (a) identify the strengths and weaknesses of your current high school reform efforts and (b) align and build on these current and planned reform initiatives to develop a comprehensive high school improvement plan that will result in rigorous and high-quality teaching and learning for all students. This tool is based on the National High School Center’s Eight Elements of High School Improvement, a systemic framework that builds on comprehensive high school reform research and A Coherent Approach to High School Improvement: A District and School Self-Assessment Tool.
More than a diagnostic tool, this self-assessment is a starting point for identifying high school improvement priorities.
A post on the ASCD Inservice Community Blog that comments on an article in the October issues of Educational Leadership, “The Power of Virtual Coaching” (includes link to article).
Steve Barkley shares information from a conversation with two disparate groups of teaches (one in ND and one in Turkey) about peer coaching.
Edutopia provides an 18:58 minute video that provides information on 10 big ideas to improve education. They include: Project-Based Learning, Technology Integration, Integrated Studies, Cooperative Learning, Comprehensive Assessment, Emotional Intelligence, Teacher Preparation, Parent Involvement, Community Partners, and Maximizing Resources. (2005)
Protocol for discussing articles.
22 items | 4 visits
Helpful resources to support the school improvement process.
Updated on Jun 24, 15
Created on Jun 24, 09
Category: Schools & Education
URL: