Timothy Kanold
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1 District, 1 set of math goals
In March 2008, teachers and leaders of the mathematics programs grades 6-12 in the Clark County School District (Las Vegas, Nev.) found themselves under the urgent spotlight of failed expectations. District leaders and teachers had been bold enough to create high stakes, districtwide common assessment semester exams in five subject areas of mathematics to be […] -
Two high school districts recite the ABCs of professional learning communities
Imagine teams of high school educators — teachers, counselors, principals, central office leaders, curriculum specialists — working together to overcome the student achievement barriers of poverty, ethnicity, apathy, and inconsistencies in rigor and access to the curriculum in order to pursue the “ought-ness” of a better day. Imagine the adults […] -
The fly wheel effect: Educators gain momentum from a model for continuous improvement
On the eve of receiving a fourth Blue Ribbon Award in spring 2002, staff at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Ill., met with a U.S. Department of Education representative for an exit interview. He told the joint faculty, staff, and administrative committee he had discovered our school community […]
