Entries for the 'School Turnaround' Category

Efficacy is in the news!  As a part of our Envoy Project with Memphis City Schools, we engaged middle school students in a week-long summer camp,...

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Leaders of the Fall River district and B.M.C. Durfee High School analyzed their data to develop actionable strategies to boost student achievement, le...

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President and Founder of The Efficacy Institute, Jeff Howard, is chairing a task force to address the "proficiency gap" in Massachusetts; yesterday th...

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Michele McNeil and Lesli A. Maxwell detail for Education Week the 16 finalists in the national Race to the Top competition. Click here to read this a...

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Trish Williams and Michael Kirst report on key findings from their study of California middle schools in this excellent, detailed article.  They ...

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Karin Chenoweth, author of It's Being Done: Academic Success in Unexpected Schools, writes for The Blog of Harvard Education Publishing about the poss...

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New York Times Columnist Bob Herbert writes that "the greatest national security crisis in the United States is education."   To help address the...

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The New York Times offers an inspiring account of a previously underperforming school in San Jose that sets high expectations, and where students and ...

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Boston Public Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson announced a five-year plan to bring all of the city's schools up to par, including the closing and ...

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In this must-see program David Gregory talks with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and civil rights leader Rev. ...

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