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School Boards Driving Turnaround: Wichita Public Schools

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Title: School Boards Driving Turnaround: Wichita Public Schools
Language: English
Authors: Corbett, Julie, Rhim, Lauren Morando, Center on School Turnaround at WestEd
Source: Center on School Turnaround at WestEd. 2016.
Availability: Center on School Turnaround at WestEd. 1000 G Street Suite 500, Sacramento, CA 95814. e-mail: cst_info@wested.org; Web site: http://centeronschoolturnaround.org
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 22
Publication Date: 2016
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Education (ED)
Contract Number: S283B120015
Document Type: Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Public Schools, Board of Education Role, Educational Improvement, Budgets, Retrenchment, State Standards, Educational Assessment, Politics of Education, Boards of Education, Strategic Planning, Superintendents, Accountability
Geographic Terms: Kansas (Wichita)
Abstract: In line with the Center on School Turnaround's charge to support states' efforts, they sought to highlight three districts engaged in focused turnaround efforts where their respective boards played a key role in catalyzing, shaping, and supporting targeted improvement efforts. This brief is one of three describing the work. The three briefs examine Baboquivari Unified School District (Arizona), New Haven Public Schools (Connecticut), and Wichita Public Schools (Kansas). The goal in developing these briefs is to present information-rich cases that could inform state and district efforts to optimize the board's role in school turnaround. Each brief includes a district profile; descriptive information about the broader community and state context; a description of the district's turnaround efforts; an overview of the board's membership, organization, and functions; a discussion of the board's role in the turnaround effort; and key takeaways. For this case study of Wichita Public Schools, the authors conducted interviews with the superintendent, two senior district administrators, two former board members, and four current board members. In addition, they attended and observed a routine board meeting in March 2015; reviewed the district's website; analyzed student performance data; and reviewed board meeting agendas, policies, and minutes. [For the New Haven Public Schools case study, see ED622449.]
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2022
Accession Number: ED622448
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:In line with the Center on School Turnaround's charge to support states' efforts, they sought to highlight three districts engaged in focused turnaround efforts where their respective boards played a key role in catalyzing, shaping, and supporting targeted improvement efforts. This brief is one of three describing the work. The three briefs examine Baboquivari Unified School District (Arizona), New Haven Public Schools (Connecticut), and Wichita Public Schools (Kansas). The goal in developing these briefs is to present information-rich cases that could inform state and district efforts to optimize the board's role in school turnaround. Each brief includes a district profile; descriptive information about the broader community and state context; a description of the district's turnaround efforts; an overview of the board's membership, organization, and functions; a discussion of the board's role in the turnaround effort; and key takeaways. For this case study of Wichita Public Schools, the authors conducted interviews with the superintendent, two senior district administrators, two former board members, and four current board members. In addition, they attended and observed a routine board meeting in March 2015; reviewed the district's website; analyzed student performance data; and reviewed board meeting agendas, policies, and minutes. [For the New Haven Public Schools case study, see ED622449.]