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New research on dramatically improving failing schools

written by publicimpact on November 19, 2009

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What do we do with persistently low-performing schools? Create tailored responses that take into consideration the reasons for failure, available options, and potential challenges.

Several recent publications from Public Impact address each of these issues related to dramatic school improvement efforts:

Breaking the Habit of Low Performance: Successful School Restructuring Stories
Public Impact shares the diverse stories of five schools that dramatically improved student performance after years of failure. See this report completed for the Center on Innovation and Improvement here.

Tough Decisions: Closing Persistently Low-Performing Schools
This Public Impact report for the Center on Innovation and Improvement discusses the lessons district officials in four urban districts learned about the school closure process. Read more here.

Performance-Based Dismissals: Cross-Sector Lessons for School Turnarounds
Public Impact examines the research base on performance-based dismissals in other sectors to offer strategies for leaders in turnaround schools. See this report for the Center on Innovation and Improvement here.

Racing to the Top with Low-Performing High Schools
Brief drafted by
Public Impact for Achieve, a leading national voice for raising expectations for America’s high schools. The brief assists states on using the U.S. Department of Education’s “Race to the Top” competition to advance their college- and career-readiness agenda and moves beyond RTTT criteria in important ways. Read more here.

Racing to the Top on High School Teacher Effectiveness
Second brief drafted by Public Impact for Achieve. The brief assists states on using the U.S. Department of Education’s “Race to the Top” competition to create thoughtful, intentional teacher hiring strategies that get the right teachers in the right subjects at the right schools. Read more here.

Expanding the Pipeline of Teachers and Principals in Urban Public Schools: Design Principles and Conditions for Success
This Public Impact report, commissioned by the Cleveland Foundation and the George Gund Foundation, analyzes common themes among eighteen promising programs to attract and prepare teachers and principals for success in urban school systems. Read more here.

Public Impact also recently released Try, Try Again: How to Triple the Number of Fixed Failing Schools Without Getting Any Better at Fixing Schools. See the presentation here.

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If unable to use links above, copy and paste the addresses below into your web browser:

Breaking the Habit of Low Performance: Successful School Restructuring Stories
http://www.centerii.org/survey/downloads/Breaking_the_habit_of_low_performance.pdf

Expanding the Pipeline of Teachers and Principals in Urban Public Schools: Design Principles and Conditions for Success
https://publicimpact.com/https://publicimpact.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Human_Capital_Report.pdf

Performance-Based Dismissals: Cross-Sector Lessons for School Turnarounds
http://www.centerii.org/survey/downloads/Performance-Based_Dismissals.pdf

Race to the Top: Low-Performing Schools
http://www.achieve.org/files/RTTT-Low-PerformingSchools.pdf

Race to the Top: Teacher Effectiveness
http://www.achieve.org/files/RTTT-TeacherEffectiveness.pdf

Tough Decisions: Closing Persistently Low-Performing Schools
http://www.centerii.org/survey/downloads/Tough_Decisions.pdf

Try, Try Again: How to Triple the Number of Fixed Failing SchoolsWithoutGetting Any Better at Fixing Schools
https://publicimpact.com/http://legawebdesign.com/wp5/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Public_Impact_Try_Try_Again_Slide_August_2009.pdf

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