Turning Around the Nation’s Lowest-Performing Schools: Karen Baroody explains how districts can make fundamental changes in the way they think about and provide support for schools.

1. Turning Around the Nation’sLowest-Performing SchoolsFive Steps Districts Can Take February 4, 2011 April 2010

2. Who we are SaintPaulPublicSchools BostonPublicSchools NYCDept. ofEducation RochesterCitySchoolDistrict Syracuse CitySchool District Oakland Unified School District SchoolDistrict ofPhiladelphia CincinnatiPublicSchools ChicagoPublicSchools ProvidencePublic Schools Prince GeorgesCounty PublicSchools LA Unified School District Charlotte-MecklenbergPublic Schools BaltimoreCity PublicSchools AlbuquerquePublicSchools AtlantaPublicSchools D.C.PublicSchools Education Resource Strategies is a non-profit that partners with urban districts to change the way people, time, and money are used so that all students receive the support they need to succeed. Duval CountyPublic SchoolsFL

3. 3 Barriers to successful school improvement at scale

4. “One size fits all”programs

5. Support layered on top ofbroken structures

6. Temporary fixes thatdon’t improve the system

7. 7 Five steps to sustainable and scalable success

8. Understand whateach school needs Step 1 Student needs Teacher and leader capacity

9. Quantity of staff = Quality 73% 73% 51% 50% 58% 40% Lowest Performing Schools Highest Performing Schools School Performance Continuum

10. Understand whateach school needs Step 1 Student needs Teacher and leader capacity School practices and conditions

14. Are schools making the most of people, time and money?

20. Ongoing funding levels adequate to meet student needs

21. Teacher and school leader capacity

22. Flexibility to adapt schedules and structures

24. Five steps to sustainableand scalable success Summary Understand what each school needs Understand what each school gets Invest in the most important changes first Customize the strategy to the school Change the district, not just the school