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Exemplary Efforts
States, districts, schools, communities, teachers, parents and students around the country are experiencing success and taking steps to ensure that everyone graduates. From small learning communities in New Jersey to attaining AYP in Hawaii, and from record high parent involvement in schools to district-wide efforts to improve literacy, students are benefitting from the hard work of committed educators, parents and communities. Explore these featured successes and exemplary efforts below.
Roanoke Rapids School District
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Our first school-submitted success story comes from Roanoke Rapids School District. The 8th-9th grade transition academy is making great strides and experiencing dynamic improvements. Read more about their success here.
Bridgeton High School
Bridgeton, NJ
After only one year, the 9th Grade Success Academy at Bridgeton (N.J.) High School was showing promising results: Attendance was up, the number of dropouts was down and more students were passing core courses. Bridgeton’s success academy received national recognition in 2007 as one of five programs featured in “Rethinking High School, preparing students for success in college, career and life,” a study by WestEd for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Rethinking High School, preparing students for success in college, career and life
Highlight of Bridgeton High School
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Cooke Middle School
Philadelphia, PA
Cooke Middle School in Philadelphia was flagged for failing to make adequate yearly progress and targeted for possible reconstitution. The school implemented the Talent Development Middle Grades (TDMG) comprehensive reform model. This four-year case study details the implementation of the reform in this high-poverty middle school and measures the performance of students at Cooke with that of students in a closely matched comparison school. The results show that students at Cooke had significantly different classroom experiences, and outperformed students at the control site in math, reading, and science achievement gains, as well as promotion rates, which led to the school’s removal from the reconstitution-eligible list.
The article describes the research-based reforms that were instituted and compares two cohorts of students from the TDMG school to two cohorts of students from a demographically matched comparison site.
“Removed From the List: A Comparative Longitudinal Case Study of a Reconstitution-Eligible School”
Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, Spring 2003, 18(3), 259-289.
The full article can be purchased from the Journal's online store or you can view online here.
Pulaski High School
Milwaukee, WI
A massive college and career fair gives Pulaski High School students in Milwaukee, where only about 40 percent of public school students graduate high school, a good look at a brighter future. Community representatives from 70 colleges, universities, non-profit organizations, local businesses and military services staffed booths and gave presentations aimed at proving to students that staying in school pays off.
Promising Partnership Practices, 2008, National Network of Partnership Schools, Center for Social Organization of Schools, Johns Hopkins University. Order here.
To learn more about the College and Career Fair, click here.
To learn more about the National Network of Partnership Schools, click here.
