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What is Transformation Academy

Chapter 8
Strategic Leadership in PK-12 Settings
The center on School Turnaround at WestEd (CST) is one of seven national content centers in a federal network of 22 comprehensive centers, The goal of the CST is to provide technical assistance and to identify, synthesize, and disseminate research-based practices and emerging promising practices that will lead to the increased capacity of SEAs to support districts in turning around their lowest performing schools.
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How the Three R's Model (Relationships, Rigor, and Relevance) Addresses School Dropout Issues
Sidney Brown (Alabama Office of School Improvement and Turnaround, USA)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9242-6.ch008
Abstract
Struggling schools are nothing new, nor are the efforts of the many local and state efforts to improve them. However, the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act demanded dramatic and sustainable change with the implementation date of this change to take impact date in 2009. President Obama knew that most underperforming schools could not meet this deadline, so his administration extended the date. This chapter explores how the three R's model addresses school dropout issues.
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