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Slow turn ahead

5 principles guide district through a changing demographic landscape

By Margaret Miller, Ellen V. Bell and David F. Holland
August 2009
Transforming an entire district from one that is satisfied with being academically good enough into one keenly focused on improved student performance requires overhaul that reaches from end to end, from building to building, from bottom to top. Leaders in Birdville Independent School District in Fort Worth, Texas, learned that applying five fundamental principles of professional learning can jump-start the transformation. The five-year journey of this midsized suburban school district serving more than 22,000 students offers significant implications for any district preparing for a big turn ahead. Birdville ISD lies just east of Fort Worth near the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. While the seven-city area began as a community of modest neighborhoods, the boundaries now expand to include upscale suburban areas. Birdville, where the first school

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