The Spin Is In
Last Tuesday, the Center on Education Policy (CEP) released the third installment of a three-year study documenting the implementation of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus) funds. In this particular segment, CEP surveyed district personnel’s familiarity with the school turnaround models crafted by the United States...
Partnership Zone Initiative – Where We Can Lead
There has been a lot of discussion about how a school chooses to redesign itself – from restart, to turn around and transformation. For me, the what is more important than the how. The process for how is certainly important, but if we focus on what makes the most sense for the students, here are a handful of elements that I...
21st Century Assessments on the Horizon
The United States Department of Education announced yesterday that two state coalitions – comprising 44 states and the District of Columbia – will receive upwards of $330 million through the Race to the Top Assessment Program to design and implement assessment systems aligned to the Common Core Standards.
These two groups...
Partnership Zone Initiative – Our Take
On Tuesday, the Delaware Department of Education announced that four schools were chosen to join the state's innovative Partnership Zone Initiative (PZI). This initiative represents an unprecedented opportunity, backed by both financial and technical resources, for all community stakeholders to come together and help transform persistently...