The President sees HBCUs as an important piece of the overall mission to significantly increase the proportion of college graduates in America by 2020.
In addition to this news, the President also has proposed a $900 million plan to curb high school drop out rates and improve or shut down the nation's worst performing schools. In the plan, four approaches are outlined that failing schools can adopt in order to receive School Turnaround Grant funding:
— Turnaround Model: The school district must replace the principal and at least half of the school staff, adopt a new governance structure for the school, and implement a new or revised instructional program.
— Restart Model: The school district must close and reopen the school under the management of a charter school operator, a charter management organization or an educational management organization. A restarted school would be required to enroll, within the grades it serves, former students who wish to attend.
— School Closure: The school district must close the failing school and enroll the students in other, higher-achieving schools in the district.
— Transformational Model: The school must address four areas, including teacher effectiveness, instruction, learning and teacher planning time, and operational flexibility.
I'll be interested to talk more about the President's contined unfurling of educational initiatives in class with you.
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The fourth approach is mot intriguing to me; even though I love me some transformational learning, I'm typically suspect of the term and its connotations. In this case, I wonder how school districts would agree to address the four components, including teacher effectiveness. I'll check out your link to see if I can become more informed before talk about it in class...
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