Michigan’s Partnership agreements between Michigan’s K-12 schools and district offices outline strategies for improving the lowest performing schools. The schools’ progress was recently reviewed after one year of implementation. While researchers and practitioners recorded notable improvements, they also observed these advances as difficult to maintain in the longer term. This forum will define the partnership model, take a close look at the review findings, and examine what is most needed to keep test scores rising, teachers remaining, and communication growing between the schools and district offices.
Panelist Biographical Information
- Venessa Keesler, PhD, Deputy Superintendent, Division of Educator, Student, and School Supports, Michigan Department of Education
- Bill Pearson, EdD, Director, Partnership Districts, Michigan Department of Education
- Jason Burns, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, Michigan State University
- Chris Torres, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Administration, College of Education, Michigan State University
Video
See the April 15th 2020 meeting here
Presentations
See Keesler's Presentation (.pdf)
See Pearson's Presentation (.pdf)
See Burns' Presentation (.pdf)
See Torres Presentation (.pdf)