When Reverend Jay Hartley visited his oldest son at college this past school year, he heard the kind of feedback just about any parent would want. At lunch with one of his son’s engineering professors, Rev. Hartley – parent of three past and present students of 2015 SCORE Prize finalist school Martin Luther King Jr….
Count eighth-grader Sydney Lee among New Vision Academy’s many fans of academic growth data. Sydney was earning C’s and B’s in math and English until she was introduced to her own diagnostic assessment data by educators at 2015 SCORE Prize-winning middle school New Vision Academy (NVA). After challenging herself to put in more effort on…
They’re called parent-teacher conferences. But for Dresden Elementary fourth-graders, a more accurate term might be student-parent-teacher conferences. When teachers at 2015 SCORE Prize finalist school Dresden Elementary meet with parents twice each year, the student involved is always present and at the center of the conversation, said fourth-grade teacher Honey Cantrell. “It’s more of a…
“I like what you said, but I’m not changing anything that I’m doing.” This sort of feedback should sound familiar to many educators. It’s what Cory Concus, a math teacher at 2015 SCORE Prize finalist Covington High School, initially heard from a fellow faculty member last year. At the time, Mr. Concus had just taken…
Enrolling at Grassy Fork Elementary, a 2015 SCORE Prize finalist, will be different from the typical new student experience, according to seventh-grader Leah Murray. “When you first come in, it might feel almost awkward. ‘Who are you? Where did you come from?’ They actually care,” Leah said. “They just kind of welcomed me with open…