Thursday, December 29, 2011

Amazing Stories from Our Public Schools | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights

Amazing Stories from Our Public Schools | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights:

Amazing Stories from Our Public Schools

Have you checked out our collection of public school success stories lately?

Since December 2007, we at the Learning First Alliance have posted more than 150 stories about what is working in our public schools. Some come from our member and partner organizations. Others have been submitted by educators, parents and other community members proud of what is going on in their local public school.

Criteria for inclusion are relatively simple: A story must show that a public school or district (or even state) recognized a challenge, addressed it, and had some results. Often those results come in the form of standardized test scores, reduced dropout rates or increased graduation rates. Other times they recognize positive changes to student behavior, classroom grades,