Voices of Reform: Transformation at Hamilton County Schools
5/3/2010
| U.S. Department of Education
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In 2000, the Hamilton County School District in Chattanooga, Tenn., teamed up with a community partner to transform eight of the 20 lowest-performing grade schools in the state of Tennessee. The county built leadership teams to establish staff development and incentive programs to attract and retain talent. After the transformation, third graders' performance on state exams increased from 53 percent (2003) to 78 percent in reading and language arts (2008) and from 50 percent (2003) to 72 percent (2008) in math.
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“Due to the funds that were provided…
…for us by the Benwood Initiative, we’ve been able to provide some of the best research-based workshops for our teachers to implement reading strategies in the classroom, and we’ve established a literacy block which is two hours per day, every day, for all of our students.”
Marthel Young
Principal,
Orchard Knob Elementary