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2008 AGI Conference Videos

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform

 

 

Conference Opening

Ronald Ferguson

Conference

June 2008

Conference opening comments by Ferguson

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform

 

 

Conceptualizing Whole-District Strategic Reform

Ellen Foley

Conference

June 2008

Foley and Sigler describe CORRE (Central Office Review for Results and Equity), a framework for examining and influencing how district administrators support teaching and learning developed by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform.

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform

 

 

Conceptualizing Whole-District Strategic Reform

Nelson Gonzalez, June Rimmer

Conference

June 2008

Rimmer and Gonzalez present two tools the Stupski Foundation has developed to facilitate district-wide reform. They also described several new tools in development.

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform

 

 

Conceptualizing Whole-District Strategic Reform

Stacey Childress

Conference

June 2008

Childress describes the Public Education Leadership Program (PELP), a joint effort of the Harvard Business School and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The PELP Coherence Framework identifies the key elements of district-wide improvement processes.

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform

 

 

Discussion: Conceptualizing Whole-District Strategic Reform

Thomas Payzant, Jason Snipes, Katherine Boles

Conference

June 2008

Payzant, Snipes, and Boles respond to conference presentations on "Conceptualizing Whole-District Reform".

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform, data

 

 

Raising Achievement and Narrowing Gaps in Montgomery County, MD

Frieda Lacey, Jamie Virga, Carole Working, Heath Morrison, Adrian Talley

Conference

June 2008

A district leadership team from Montgomery County, MD led by Deputy Superintendent Lacey illustrates the way the district uses a detailed data reporting system to identify and resolve achievement issues.

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform

 

 

Discussion: Raising Achievement and Narrowing Gaps in Montgomery County, MD

Mica Pollock, John Diamond

Conference

June 2008

Pollock and Diamond respond to the conference presentation "Raising Achievement and Narrowing Gaps in Montgomery County, MD".

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform, data

 

 

Using Data to Change District Culture

Elizabeth City

Conference

June 2008

City describes the eight steps of the Data Wise process which supports a system of "continuous improvement" based on the effective use of data. Data Wise is the result of a two-year collaboration with the Boston Public Schools.

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
dropout, at risk students, student data, instruction, School District Reform

 

 

TechBoston Academy High School

Mary Skipper

Conference

June 2008

Skipper, headmaster of TechBoston Academy, shares how the school uses data to identify student risk levels and reduce dropout rates.

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
instruction, School District Reform

 

 

Murphy Elementary School

Mary Russo

Conference

June 2008

Murphy Elementary School Principal, Russo describes three strategies they use to improve instruction.

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform, data

 

 

Discussion: Using Data to Change District Culture

Duncan Chapin, Thomas Payzant

Conference

June 2008

Chapin and Payzant respond to conference presentations on "Using Data to Change District Culture".

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform, professional development

 

 

Raising Achievement and Narrowing Gaps in Richmond, VA

Deborah Jewell-Sherman, Victoria Oakly, Yvonne Brandon, Michael Kight

Conference

June 2008

A district leadership team from Richmond, VA led by Superintendent Jewell-Sherman describes the core components and success of Richmond's professional development program, RPS University.

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform

 

 

Discussion: Raising Achievement and Narrowing Gaps in Richmond, VA

Robert Peterkin, Seth Reynolds

Conference

June 2008

Peterkin and Reynolds respond to the conference presentation "Raising Achievement and Narrowing Gaps in Richmond, VA".

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School Turnarounds, Leadership

 

 

Setting District-Level Conditions for Successful Turnarounds

LeAnn Buntrock

Conference

June 2008

Buntrock describes the Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education and its School Turnaround Specialists Program and stresses the importance of leadership in successful school turnarounds.

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School Turnarounds

 

 

Setting District-Level Conditions for Successful Turnarounds

Andrew Calkins

Conference

June 2008

Calkins describes three attributes and three conditions found in high-performance, high poverty schools.

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform, turnarounds

 

 

Discussion: Setting District-Level Conditions for Successful Turnarounds

Tony Wagner, James Connell

Conference

June 2008

Wagner and Connell respond to conference presentations on "Setting District-Level Conditions for Successful Turnarounds".

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform, test score gaps

 

 

Current Efforts in Suburban School Districts: Lexington, MA

Paul Ash, Vito LaMura, Steven Flynn

Conference

June 2008

A district leadership team from the Lexington MA district led by Superintendent Ash shares the results of its study of district achievement gaps and the actions and change process developed to address them.

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform

 

 

Current Efforts in Suburban School Districts: Brookline, MA

William Lupini, Jennifer Fischer-Mueller, David Summergrad

Conference

June 2008

A team from Brookline, MA led by Superintendent Lupini describes the development and implementation of "The Equity Project", a comprehensive, system-wide plan for closing the district's achievement gap.

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform, test score gaps, suburban schools

 

 

Discussion: Current Efforts in Suburban School Districts

Stacey Childress, Yvonne Allen

Conference

June 2008

Childress and Allen respond to conference presentations on closing achievement gaps in suburban school districts.

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform

 

 

Wrap Up: What is the State of the Field?

James Connell

Conference

June 2008

Connell describes the four core strategies of "First Things First", a district-wide reform framework developed by the non profit Institute for Research and Reform in Education (IRRE).

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform

 

 

Wrap Up: What is the State of the Field?

Janet Quint

Conference

June 2008

Quint offers her comments on School District Reform.

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform

 

 

Wrap Up: What is the State of the Field?

Richard Murnane

Conference

June 2008

Murnane offers his comments on School District Reform.

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform

 

 

Wrap Up: What is the State of the Field?

Jason Snipes

Conference

June 2008

Snipes offers his comments on School District Reform.

 

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category:
Practice

tags:
School District Reform

 

 

Closing Remarks

Ronald Ferguson

Conference

June 2008

Closing Remarks: 2008 AGI Conference

 

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