At the end of 2006-2007 school
educators, administrators and policy makers met to discuss policies and
recommend strategies for Illinois schools. The focus of the forum was to
discuss education reforms which showed the best results, and make specific
recommendations for Illinois schools.
Policies that could work for Illinois schools
The Forum Public Schools Illinois was partly financed by private funding groups like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Joyce based in Chicago, and the Chicago Community Trust. Areas identified as having good potential for Illinois schools were: improving the quality of performance rewards for educators, improvements focused on data, and more support and creating a public charter schools.
Policies that could work for Illinois schools
The Forum Public Schools Illinois was partly financed by private funding groups like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Joyce based in Chicago, and the Chicago Community Trust. Areas identified as having good potential for Illinois schools were: improving the quality of performance rewards for educators, improvements focused on data, and more support and creating a public charter schools.
"Support for this position has led to the
following recommendations for the quality of teachers in Illinois schools. First, the group wants to implement a two-year
mentoring program for new teachers in Illinois schools. Support for practice arises from
data showing that 40% of teachers in Illinois schools leave the first 5 years,
and school support greatly increases the likelihood that they will stay.
Other recommendations were that Illinois schools to create a system to collect data on the performance of students and teachers to use data to improve instruction. There is a strong correlation between high performance and school-based data. To become a data-driven system, the need for Illinois schools look beyond test results to things like attendance, grades, extracurricular activities, and rates of discipline.
More Charters for Illinois schools
Finally, the forum recommended to increase the number and support letters in Illinois schools. Most of Illinois schools Charter Programs "has a good reputation and even lists waiting for care. However, charter schools are not universally accepted, as its independent accounting resulted in some problems. Overall, the recommendations of the forum against Illinois schools are based on the results tested over time, and other districts and states. For example, the Gates Foundation is funding 11 new small schools in Chicago as part of the transformation program Lycée this city. Then Illinois schools have few good prospects, and now some solid recommendations. Parents, teachers and administrators of Illinois schools are waiting to see the results of the implementation of these actions.
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