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The story of Burke High School : improving a low-performing school through partnerships
College of Charleston. School of Education, Health, and Human Performance Donnelly, Laura Egelson, Paula Heitger, Christy Jurs, Steve
College of Charleston. School of Education, Health, and Human Performance
Donnelly, Laura
Egelson, Paula
Heitger, Christy
Jurs, Steve
Abstract
Burke High School is on the rise, primarily due to a community-partnership approach coordinated by the College’s Center for
Partnerships to Improve Education. College faculty and staff, the business community, nonprofit representatives, school district administrators, and government officials joined together to strengthen the school while at the same time weathered the ups and downs of the volatile school improvement process as a team. The purpose of this document is to describe the partnership turnaround approach used at Burke High, provide outcome data to support the improvement of the school, offer suggestions for turning around students in low-performing schools and share information on how to avoid the possible pitfalls standing in the way of school improvement. The target audience includes school district administrators, deans of schools of education, state departments of education and education policymakers.
Issue Date
2009-09
Keywords
Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.), School improvement programs--South Carolina--Charleston
Type
Text
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Copyright status determined to be in the public domain on April 27, 2020 by United States Supreme Court ruling (Georgia et al., Petitioners v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. : 590 U.S.__(2020))
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