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Turnaround Spotlight: Partnership for Los Angeles Schools
In 2009, the office of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), and local foundations came together to create the nonprofit Partnership for Los Angeles Schools (the Partnership). The Partnership is one of the largest...
Turnaround Spotlight: Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (Miami-Dade) is the third largest school district in the country and has made major strides to improve student achievement, winning the Broad Prize in 2012, an award given to large urban school districts that demonstrate the greatest...
Turnaround Spotlight: Sanger Unified School District
In 2004, Sanger Unified School District (Sanger) was designated one of the lowest-performing districts in California. Serving a rural, predominantly Latino community 15 miles outside Fresno, Sanger has steadily improved, outperforming average state gains every year...
Turnaround Spotlight: Lawrence Public Schools
In May 2012, the Lawrence Public Schools (LPS) Turnaround Plan was released in response to the district being placed into state receivership by the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. LPS describes their turnaround model as “open architecture”...
Turnaround Spotlight: Boston Public Schools
In May 2010, Boston Public Schools (BPS) finalized their five-year plan, including a turnaround strategy for its 12 schools designated by Massachusetts among the lowest-performing statewide (Level 4) and just one step away from state receivership. The following...
Parent Leaders Strive to Leave Legacy for Their Children
“We don’t possess academic titles or bring in six-figure salaries, but we have come together and overcome our personal fears and insecurities to speak directly to our elected officials about our experiences so that we can be heard,” writes Innovate parent leader Maritza Leal in this post on the Rocketship blog about parent’s efforts in Redwood City to improve local schools.
Meet the 2014-15 Start-up Schools Fellows
The second year of our Fellowship kicked off in July 2014 with 18 leaders representing a wide range of school districts and charter schools from across Silicon Valley.
Spotlight on School Turnaround
What would it take for the lowest-performing schools in Silicon Valley to become great? That was the central question of Innovate’s convening on school turnaround featuring speakers Russlynn Ali of Emerson Collective, Scott Given of UP Education and several local panelists. See the high lights video.
300 Parents Come Out for Action Meeting in Redwood City
Update: In June 2015, the Redwood City school board unanimously approved two new charter schools - one KIPP, one Rocketship - to open in fall 2015. Learn more. More than 300 parents came out for a Parent Action Meeting in Redwood City on March 18, 2014 to push for new...
Meet Our Start-up Schools Fellows 2013-14
Meet the inaugural class of Innovate’s Start-up Schools fellowship which kicked off in 2013.