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Leadership Moves…Positive Transformational Culture | Leading stakeholders to feel valued and capable. Pt. 2

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Leadership Moves…Positive Transformational Culture | Leading stakeholders to feel valued and capable [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Positive Transformational Culture | Leading stakeholders to feel valued and capable. Pt. 2[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] As part of a coherent system, educators in many of the high-performing urban schools developed or implemented programs for creating a positive learning environment for students. In many cases, the school […]

ABUS Spotlight – The Middle College at UNCG

The Middle College at UNCG

[vc_row][vc_column][gem_divider margin_bottom=”16″ class_name=”16″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] The Middle College at UNCG Greensboro, NC Grades: 9-12 2018 America’s Best Urban Schools Award Winner   Validating the application of a potential honoree for an NCUST America’s Best Urban School Award is a process we take very seriously. There is no doubt that qualifying for our awards requires very stringent […]

ABUS Spotlight – Bonnie Brae Elementary School

Bonnie Brae Elementary School

[vc_row][vc_column][gem_divider margin_bottom=”16″ class_name=”16″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Bonnie Brae Elementary School Fort Worth, TX Grades: PK-5 2018 America’s Best Urban Schools Award Winner   Bonnie Brae Elementary School in the Fort Worth Independent School District has been on an upward improvement trajectory over the last several years. Their goal is to set and ensure the same high standards […]

Leadership Moves…Positive Transformational Culture | Leading stakeholders to feel valued and capable. Pt. 1

Positive Transformational Culture Leading stakeholders to feel valued and capable

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Leadership Moves…Positive Transformational Culture | Leading stakeholders to feel valued and capable [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Positive Transformational Culture | Leading stakeholders to feel valued and capable. Pt. 1[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] As part of a coherent system, educators in many of the high-performing urban schools developed or implemented programs for creating a positive learning environment for students. Programs like Positive Behavioral […]

ABUS Spotlight – Wildflower Elementary School

Wildflower Elementary School

[vc_row][vc_column][gem_divider margin_bottom=”16″ class_name=”16″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Wildflower Elementary School Colorado Springs, CO Grades: K-5 2018 America’s Best Urban Schools Award Winner   Wildflower Wildcats benefit from a dynamic educational environment focused on enhancing social skills, students’ dreams and aspirations and access to rigorous standards to “increase learning for all.” All stakeholders know and understand their role in […]

Leadership Moves…Positive Transformational Culture as the Foundation

Positive Transformational Culture as the Foundation

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Leadership Moves…Positive Transformational Culture [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Part 2: Positive Transformational Culture as the Foundation[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] The positive transformational culture influenced every aspect of schooling: student behavior, classroom instruction, extra-curricular activities, professional learning communities, professional development, school routines, procedures, policies, and more. As well, the positive transformational culture influenced changes that improved learning results for every racial/ethnic group, every […]

Leadership Moves…Positive Transformational Culture

Positive Transformational Culture

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Leadership Moves…Positive Transformational Culture [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Part 1[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] When a kid walks through this door, the principal feels like that’s her child. Every single one of us feels that way ….That’s the caring that is in this building. Some of these kids don’t get any of this love at home. Homework will go, and it may […]

ABUS Spotlight – PATRICK HENRY PREPARATORY P.S. / I.S. 171

Patrick Henry Preparatory

AMERICA’S BEST URBAN SCHOOLS SPOTLIGHT PATRICK HENRY PREPARATORY District 4 NYC New York, NY Grades PK-8 Principal: Dimitres Pantelidis WEBSITE ENROLLMENT: 773 Latino 58% Black 25% White 4% Asian 3% Pacific Islander 3% Free/ Reduced Lunch 70% Students With Disabilities 20% English Learners 3% Staff at Patrick Henry believe, “students learn best when they are […]

Fifteen Schools Honored with America’s Best Urban Schools Awards

SDSU’s National Center for Urban School Transformation Presents Awards to 15 High-Performing Schools

[vc_row][/vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][vc_column_text] Fifteen Schools Honored with America’s Best Urban Schools Awards [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] SDSU’s National Center for Urban School Transformation Presents Awards to 15 High-Performing Schools [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] The National Center for Urban School Transformation (NCUST) at San Diego State University (SDSU) awarded fifteen schools as winners of its 2018 America’s Best Urban Schools Award. The schools were […]

ABUS Spotlight – James Pace Early College High School

Pace Early College High School

[vc_row][vc_column][gem_divider margin_bottom=”16″ class_name=”16″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] James Pace Early College High School Brownsville, TX Grades: DL 9 – 12 2016 America’s Best Urban Schools Award Winner [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”32691″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Pace Early College High School was an ABUS award winner in 2016, but NCUST has continued to study and learn about their systems […]

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