The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement
About Us
The purpose of The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement is to assist schools and school districts contemplating or engaged in school reform and improvement. We provide them with reliable information about research-based strategies and assistance in using that information to make positive changes. The Center’s mission is to help schools organize, plan, implement, and sustain improvement.
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The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement
1100 17th St., NW
Ste. 500
Washington, DC 20036
Articles by The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement
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New Research on High-Performing, High-Poverty Schools
In 2004, Lincoln Elementary School in downtown Louisville scored in the top 20 percent of all elementary schools on...
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Six Don’ts of School Improvement…and Their Solutions
Hugh Burkett, director of The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, recently was asked to give the...
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Sustaining Improvement Efforts Over the Long Run
Maintain: To keep in an existing state; CARRY ON, KEEP UP Sustain: To give support or supply with sustenance; NOURISH,...
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Helping Schools Engage in Collaborative, Strategic Problem Solving
Problems With the Planning Process Earlier this year, the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence released a report...
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Are High Schools Failing Their Students?
The Need Does earning a diploma guarantee that a high school graduate is ready for work and college? It should, for...
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Establishing a Strong Foundation for School Improvement
A New Challenge for a New Century Three years ago, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act instituted a fundamental change...
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Nine Hard Things to Do in Order to Sustain School Reform
For our June newsletter, The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement invited Ann Chafin to share her...
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A Teacher's Guide to Differentiating Instruction
Introduction Does effectively teaching 30 students in one classroom require teachers to develop 30 lessons, one...
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Program Evaluation for the Practitioner
Data-driven decision making. This phrase is familiar to most schools and districts engaged in comprehensive school...
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How to Improve the Design and Delivery of High-Quality Technical Assistance
Educators often use the term technical assistance to define services delivered or received in the pursuit of school- and...
Topics: Education Issues Today
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