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Pompelia, Sarah; Macdonald, Heidi – Education Commission of the States, 2019
Change swept throughout the country with the 2018 elections, bringing 20 new governors into office. Whether returning or starting their first term, governors are taking the opportunity in their State of the State addresses to highlight achievements and outline plans for the future. Every governor who has given an address has mentioned an…
Descriptors: State Officials, Educational Finance, Labor Force Development, Teacher Effectiveness
Connors-Tadros, Lori; Dunn, Lenay; Martella, Jana; McCauley, Carlas – Center on School Turnaround at WestEd, 2015
A significant body of research shows that achievement gaps evident in persistently low-performing schools, in many instances, manifest prior to children entering kindergarten. High-quality early learning programs have proven to demonstrate positive effects on closing academic gaps both for individual children and in the aggregate for the school.…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Grants, Federal Aid, Case Studies
Connors-Tadros, Lori; Dunn, Lenay; Martella, Jana; McCauley, Carlas – Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes, 2015
The Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO) and the Center on School Turnaround (CST) collaborated to develop case studies of three selected schools receiving SIG funds that have, with the support of their districts, promoted the use of early childhood programming (PK-3) as a key strategy in their schools' turnaround models. The goal…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Learning Strategies, Federal Aid, Grants