Transforming an Ailing School
Sometimes a breakdown can be the beginning of a kind of breakthrough, a way of living in advance through a trauma that prepares you for a future of radical transformation. — Cherrie Moraga
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Inspiration of the Day:
Betsy Rogers is no ordinary teacher. After being named National Teacher of the Year in 2003, she switched to Brighton School — one of Alabama’s poorest schools, with the longest run on the county’s school-improvement list. Most Brighton teachers have fewer than five years of experience, and at the end of the 2004-05 school year, the school had failed to meet the state’s testing goals for seven years. Eighty-two percent of last year’s fourth-graders couldn’t read. Could a teacher — even one chosen as Teacher of the Year — turn it around? Indeed: thanks to Rogers’ focus on teacher quality, this year, 73 percent of that same group are reading proficiently.
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Be The Change:
Use a talent you have to transform someone’s breakdown situation — whether in an educational, professional, volunteer, or home-life context — into an opportunity for breakthrough.
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