Profiles in School Transformation highlights seven successful school transformations that have not involved closing schools.
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Printer-friendly versionThis series of seven profiles summarizes some of the key policy and implementation challenges that have been confronted and addressed by district superintendents, teachers, school leaders, and others working to transform struggling schools across the nation. The profiles are designed to provide community-based groups, educators, and other advocates with examples of alternatives to school closings and to inform discussions in their own communities.
Sites profiled include Charlotte-Mecklenburg (NC) Public Schools Strategic Staffing Initiative, Generation Schools, Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time Initiative/National Center for Time and Learning, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools: “MNPS Achieves” and School-Based Instructional Leadership Initiative” , Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools: Professional Growth System, Strategic Learning Initiatives: Reform within Chicago Public Schools, and Turnaround for Children