Case Studies on the Collaborative Path to School Success

Attendees to the recent National Education Association Priority Schools Campaign Conference in New York City included teachers, union officers and administrators from throughout the country who are using innovative, collaborative approaches to turn around schools.
Many attending school districts offered case studies documenting their efforts on behalf of public school students. To download some of those [...]

Washington Selects Nine Districts for SIG Funds

Washington’s state education department today announced nine school districts that will receive $17 million in federal School Improvement Grants to help turn around low-performing schools.
According to a release from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Seattle, Tacoma, Marysville, Yakima, Wellpinit, Sunnyside, Highline, Grandview and Longview will all receive funds for the 2010-2011 school year. [...]

Union-Business Partnership Creating Opportunities for Kids in NY

By Kevin Hart
It’s a question that has loomed large over every statewide election, every legislative session, and millions of kitchen tables from Albany to Buffalo over the past quarter century – what to do about the Upstate New York economy?
The area, loosely defined as the region of New York north of the New York City [...]

Tuscaloosa to Target Three Schools With SIG Funds

At a recent Tuscaloosa City Board of Education meeting, the board voted to apply for federal School Improvement Grant funds to help turn around a high school and two middle schools.
Central High School, Eastwood Middle School and Westlawn Middle School will each be eligible for $50,000 to $2 million to help improve graduation rates and [...]

Partnership Leads to Success in Wyoming

Natrona County School District #1, covering approximately 6,000 square miles in central Wyoming, serves nearly 12,000 students in Casper and several surrounding communities. The Natrona County Education Association (NCEA) and district administrators historically had a positive relationship, but strain began to show during particularly difficult negotiations in 2001. 

Doreen McGlade of the Natrona County Education Association and school board [...]

Collaborative Approach to Vocational Education Gets Media Attention

A new vocational education program in Casper, WY, part of the Natrona County School District, recently reaped praise from the Casper Journal, the major area newspaper. The program is designed to foster collaboration among students and educators, and makes use of a professional learning communities model, developed with teachers.
The program also isolates ninth graders into [...]

Natrona County Looks to Boost Instruction, Services for Disadvantaged Students

The Natrona County School District #1 is counting on federal money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help bring additional resources and technology to the 12,000 students the district serves. The NCSD School Board has voted to apply for $8.4 million in federal funding that could be used to enhance services at Title [...]

Closing Gaps in Oklahoma

By Mary Ellen Flannery
Two years ago, barely half of the Hispanic students at Putnam City West High School in Oklahoma City could muster a passing score on a state graduation exam in reading. When the school opened its door for its first-ever Noche de Padres Hispános, or Hispanic Family Night, just a few dozen parents [...]

Reaching Out to Families Improves Student Performance in Oklahoma

In Putnam City West High School in Oklahoma City, OK,  the fastest growing segment of the student population is Hispanics. Two years ago, the NEA’s Public Engagement Project and the Oklahoma Education Association initiated a series of community conversations focusing on closing achievement gaps and meeting the needs of Hispanic parents and students.
Called “Compadres in Education,” [...]

Challenge Day Aims to Boost Achievement, Reduce Dropouts

When students attend Putnam City Schools in Oklahoma City, they’re getting more than an education in the three Rs — they’re also learning valuable lessons in community building.
Each year since 2007, Putnam City Schools has hosted a Challenge Day, which helps students focus on team building and reflecting on the important things they want out of [...]

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