Job-Embedded Professional Development

What exactly is job-embedded professional development? What types of teacher learning opportunities count as being job embedded? How might job-embedded professional development improve teaching practices and student learning outcomes? What does the research say about it, and how can states and districts implement it well? In this Issue Brief—written in collaboration with the Mid-Atlantic Comprehensive [...]

Priority Schools Campaign – National Conference Materials

NEA invited school/community/district/state teams from across the country to meet with federal officials, NEA leaders and national experts on school transformation. The conference publication is linked below, in a unique booklet format, with a wealth of information about the NEA’s Priority Schools Campaign.
http://print-this.net/nea_priority/

Project Graduation: Latest Snapshot of High-Poverty US Schools

Each year the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) releases a report on important education developments and trends in the U.S. This year’s edition, The Condition of Education 2010, includes a special section on high-poverty schools. The report is online at http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2010/2010028.pdf.
Using as its poverty measure, the percentage of students who are eligible for the National [...]

What Is the Priority Schools Campaign?

You wouldn’t know it from the media, but across the country, educators are partnering with parents, communities, businesses, and their Associations to positively transform their schools—and NEA’s Priority Schools Campaign is supporting and promoting their efforts. NEA President Dennis Van Roekel introduces the campaign, shares success stories, and asks members to share how they’re working [...]

School Reconstitution as an Education Reform Strategy

Issues involving school reconstitution as a reform strategy are at the forefront of American education policy. At the National Education Association, we believe any discussion of school reconstitution rightfully begins by asking:

What do we know from prior research and practice about school reconstitution, especially as it relates to student achievement and narrowing achievement gaps?
What might an ideal school [...]

Issue Primer – School Restructuring, Reconstitution and Turnaround

This document, created by NEA’s Research Department, provides an overview of the following:
What is School Restructuring?
What is School Reconstitution?
How much does it cost to reconstitute a school?
What Lessons Have We Learned from Various Types of Restructuring?
How Effective is School Reconstitution?
Just How Many Schools Are There in Need of Reconstitution?
How Hard is it to Turn Around [...]

Eskelsen Joins CA Rep. Judy Chu and AFT’s Weingarten in Plan to Strengthen Schools

By Amy Buffenbarger
Congresswoman Judy Chu, D-CA unveiled her plan to improve the nation’s education system, proposing a new framework for school improvement models to be included in the reauthorization of the Elementary Secondary and Education Act (No Child Left Behind).
“The current models emphasize firing and closing. I want to change the discussion to focus on [...]

The Union’s Role in School Transformation

Beyond community and school collaboration, the NEA believes that student achievement can improve through district and union collaborations. This document provides examples from across the country of NEA supported initiatives and critical district/union initiatives which have demonstrated student academic improvement.

The Union’s Role in School Transformation

Rural States To ED – Money Chase, Model Choices Don’t Work

“As we discussed, the extreme rural nature of some of our districts makes any of the four turnaround models required under SIG difficult if not impossible to implement.”

NEA Priority Schools Campaign: Disrupting the Status Quo

Turning around lower-performing schools is a high priority for the 3.2 million members of the National Education Association. By leading permanent changes in these Priority Schools, we will transform the lives of tens of thousands of students by significantly raising academic achievement.
Our commitment includes a vow to work side-by-side with communities and with policymakers in [...]

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