[YEP-DC] Redefining the School District in Tennessee

The Thomas B. Fordham Institute today released Redefining the School District in Tennessee, which examines the Recovery School District in Tennessee. Note that this is the first publication in a series on Recovery School Districts; The second and third papers will cover the new initiative in Virginia, Michigan's Educational Achievement Authority, and Louisiana's Recovery School District.

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Michelle Gininger

Media Relations and Outreach Manager

The Thomas B. Fordham Institute

mgininger@edexcellence.net

(202) 223-5452

The Tennessee Achievement School District's Theory of Action If we... Recruit and invest in top talent Build and manage a portfolio for high quality Find strong school operators Give schools autonomy in key areas Shift power from stagnant bureaucracies to school leaders and parents Then... Those schools will go from the bottom 5 percent to the top 25 percent The public education system will be transformed As the challenges of education governance loom ever larger and the dysfunction and incapacity of the traditional K–12 system reveal themselves as major roadblocks to urgently needed reforms across that system, many have asked, "What's the alternative?" Part of the answer is a new state-created entity: the Recovery School District.  In Redefining the School District in Tennessee, Nelson Smith examines the progress of the Tennessee Achievement School District (ASD), a statewide model for school turnarounds. This new policy brief is the first in a series by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute on the ways that statewide turnaround districts affect traditional governance relationships among public schools, school districts, the state, and the federal government. The next installments in the Redefining the School District series will focus on the efforts in Michigan, Virginia, and Louisiana, as well as providing an overview of RSDs. SHARE THIS POLICY BRIEF:

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