Table of Contents
Forward- Terry K. Holliday, PhD former Kentucky Commissioner of Education
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. A National Context and How Sustainability Can Be Built and Measured
Chapter 1: A Perspective on Status of Low Performing Schools Intervention
Chapter 2: The Empowering Information and Data
Mass Insight
District 180 School Data
TELL Survey
National Recognition
Part II. The Kentucky Reality of Designing, Deploying and Monitoring Systems
Chapter 3: The Backstory. State Legislation
Chapter 4: Needs Assessment, Research, Visionary Leadership, A Plan
Chapter 5: From Theory into Action - Two Stories
Part III. Strategies and Tools to Empower for Sustainability
Chapter 6: State Strategies and Support
Technology Platform
Diagnostic Review Process
Alignment of Federal/State Laws and Regulations with Requirements
30-60-90 Day Planning
The Art of System Questioning/Data Questions
Professional Learning Communities
Use of PDSA Improvement Process
Special Two-Way Partnerships
Chapter 7: Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement Through Application of Quality Tools
Part IV. Case Studies and Lessons Learned with Continued Challenges
Chapter 8: Case Studies
A small rural high school and a district without capacity to support it
Two rural school districts with re-starts
A large urban traditional high school
The largest district in the state with the most priority schools
Chapter 9: Lessons Learned with Continued Challenges
Appendices
- Sustainability Plan Example
- 30-60-90 Day Plan Example
- A Guide for Using the Data Questions
- PLC Tools/Templates
- PDSA Examples-State multi-year, District and template
- Quality tools-plus/delta and linkage examples
- HUB School information
Glossary: The Letters Unscrambled
Bibliography
About the Authors