Studio School Archives: September 2007
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17 September 2007
Sustainability
With the full support of the Mississippi Department of Education,
Studio
School will be a replicable model. We have the support and encouragement from our state leaders. We are doing something new and necessary in our state and we are operating in partnership with the state’s largest IHL. Since increasing graduation rates is one of our state’s main public school goals, Studio [...]
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17 September 2007
System Change & Improvement
An increased likelihood of system change and improvement is due to at least three factors for our partnership. First, the three partnering LEAs are in great need of change and improvement in serving families and their students at-risk of academic failure. Second, a plan based on years of research for decreasing dropout rates will be [...]
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17 September 2007
Professional Development
Professional Development in Studio School will be on-going and systemic. Studio School leaders, teachers, families and students will craft annual plans to professionally develop themselves as a community who reads, writes, travels, conferences, designs, and redesigns together. The Studio School professional development model will extend to the local partnering districts. Studio School will also serve [...]
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17 September 2007
Academics
Studio School will use the State’s Career Clusters programs of study organized around 16 career and technical fields to guide matriculation and Carnegie unit attainment. Sample programs of study adapted from Career Clusters a career-focused strategy for Career Technical Education that supports workforce preparation, economic development and educational reform. The National Association of State [...]