Trouble in Paradise

Autor/in	Dessoff, Alan
Titel	Trouble in Paradise
Quelle	In: District Administration, 46 (2010) 1, S.18-20 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1537-5749
Schlagwörter	School Restructuring; Federal Legislation; Educational Improvement; Consultants; Instructional Leadership; Quality Control; Privatization; School Districts; Administrative Organization; Federal Programs; Educational Testing; Academic Achievement; Educational Indicators; Cost Effectiveness; Hawaii + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Bundesrecht; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Consultant; Berater; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Qualitätskontrolle; Privatisation; Privatisierung; School district; Schulbezirk; Schulleistung; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken
Abstract	Like other districts with schools that are not meeting adequate yearly progress (AYP) goals for five consecutive years, Hawaii is restructuring its low performing schools as required by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law. Unlike most other districts, however, Hawaii, a single statewide district, has been doing it for five years with the support of three independent education consulting firms working directly with administrators and teachers in the failing schools. This article features and profiles the Hawaii State Department of Education, which hired the private firms--EdisonLearning, America's Choice, and the Educational Testing Service (ETS)--to help the schools develop in-school leadership teams, interpret student performance data and apply it in teaching strategies, and "make sure teachers are highly qualified and highly effective." With 90 of the 287 schools in Hawaii, or 31 percent, currently undergoing restructuring, and amid concerns about poor results and high costs of the effort so far, the district is preparing to change its approach and drop the three private firms after the 2010-2011 academic year. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10