How School Leaders Can Turn Around School Performance
With a new administration in the White House there has been a lot of talk about turning around schools, with a number of schools highlighted for making hard-won gains. These case studies of...
View ArticleThe Arts Are Good For…
Last week, I attended events in Frankfort Kentucky for Arts Day 2010. Even though the day turned out to bitterly cold, windy and snow- and ice-packed, a couple hundred of us die-hards showed to...
View ArticleSuccess and Belonging Through the Arts
In my last post Why Support the Arts? I noted six points summarized from an article “Willingham: Six Practical Reasons Why Arts Education is Not a Mere Luxury” (Washington Post, November 23, 2009) by...
View ArticleAchieving School Turnaround Part II: Signal Dramatic Change and Strong...
My last post, Achieving School Turnaround, presented an overview of the four IES categories of research recommendations for achieving school turnaround (see IES Practice Guide: Turning Around...
View ArticleAchieving School Turnaround Part III: Maintain a Consistent Focus on...
Two months ago, I wrote an overview of the four IES categories of research recommendations for achieving school turnaround (see IES Practice Guide: Turning Around Chronically Low Performing Schools...
View ArticleAchieving School Turnaround Part IV: Achieve Quick Wins
This is the fourth in a series of blogs on the role of leadership in achieving school turnaround. These entries are based on the research recommendations published in the IES Practice Guide: Turning...
View ArticleAchieving School Turnaround Part V: Build a Committed Staf
This is the fifth in a series of blogs on the role of leadership in achieving school turnaround. These entries are based on the research recommendations published in the IES Practice Guide: Turning...
View ArticleSpeak No More of Rigor?
Writers, philosophers, and mystics know that naming a concept or abstract reality puts limits on our ability to truly comprehend it. By labeling things, we attempt to contain them, define them, and...
View ArticleTransforming Schools in the Images of Children’s Potential: CTL 20th...
This is one of a series of posts leading up to CTL’s 20th Anniversary forum and celebration, September 9th at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, KY. By Dr. Patrick Michel, Superintendent of Salem...
View ArticleA Recipe for Student Persistence
There are experts on formative assessment in every school district in the country but they are not often recognized as such. Who are they? They are the athletic coaches in the building. How does a...
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