Executive Director Warren Simmons quoted in Brown U Daily Herald on local schools
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Executive Director Waren Simmons was quoted in "Local schools combat failing label" in the 11/2/11 Brown Daily Herald by Lindor Qunaj.
...Turnaround and transformation models both require replacing a school's principal. Restart involves hiring a new management team or charter operator to run the school, while closure, the worst-case option, stipulates that the school shut down and relocate its students.
A variety of issues must be weighed in selecting the right plan, said Warren Simmons, executive director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform. These considerations involve assessing the quality of a school's staff, professional development and curriculum.
Simmons also explained that because many of the schools on the list have undergone improvement and reform before, it is important to learn from past experiences. "This isn't new news," he said. "The question we should now be asking ourselves at all levels is, ‘Why did our previous efforts produce these results?'"