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School & District Management What the Research Says Four Ways to Stop Teacher Turnover From Hamstringing School Improvement
Staffing instability can unravel the social fabric of schools, experts say, unless leaders work to keep connections strong.
Sarah D. Sparks, October 30, 2024
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Standards & Accountability State Accountability Systems Aren't Actually Helping Schools Improve
The systems under federal education law should do more to shine a light on racial disparities in students' performance, a new report says.
Libby Stanford, September 26, 2024
6 min read
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School & District Management How Schools Can Identify 'Evidence-Based' Programs That Could Actually Work
Federal law urges states and districts to use evidence-based interventions to help schools improve. What does that actually mean?
Sarah D. Sparks, September 3, 2024
4 min read
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School & District Management State Takeovers of School Districts Still Happen. New Research Questions Their Value
More than 100 districts across the country have experienced state takeovers.
Mark Lieberman, April 29, 2024
6 min read
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School & District Management What the Research Says What Districts With the Worst Attendance Have in Common
Districts often lack a systemic approach to coping with the spike in chronic attendance problems, a Michigan study suggests.
Sarah D. Sparks, April 25, 2024
4 min read
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Federal Low-Performing Schools Are Left to Languish by Districts and States, Watchdog Finds
Fewer than half of district plans for improving struggling schools meet bare minimum requirements.
Alyson Klein, February 23, 2024
11 min read
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School & District Management Opinion Your School Improvement Plan Will Only Work If You Do This
A school improvement plan shouldn鈥檛 just be an afterthought. Here are four essential questions to make it count.
L. Sha Fanion, January 30, 2024
4 min read
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Standards & Accountability What the Research Says More than 1 in 4 Schools Targeted for Improvement, Survey Finds
The new federal findings show schools also continue to struggle with absenteeism.
Sarah D. Sparks, January 18, 2024
2 min read
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School & District Management Opinion How One State Is Talking About School Improvement
The country's longest-serving state schools chief addresses what's changed in the field of education during her tenure.
Rick Hess, December 21, 2023
6 min read
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School & District Management Opinion Pursue School Improvement Through Persuasion, Not Vilification
Neither haranguing opponents nor talking solely to the like-minded is likely to change minds or locate common ground.
Rick Hess, November 28, 2022
3 min read
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School & District Management Opinion Stop Wasting Your Time on School Improvement Plans That Don't Work. Try This Instead
Too often, school improvement plans are seen as compliance documents that have little value. They don't have to be.
Peter DeWitt, November 21, 2022
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School & District Management How Some K-12 Leaders Are Beating Businesses at the 'Greatness' Game
鈥淕ood to Great鈥 author Jim Collins, who has spent more than 25 years studying what separates the best businesses from the rest, highlights effective efforts to improve school outcomes in a new monograph.
Michele Molnar, November 13, 2019
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