Transforming Schools: Charter Schools as a Strategy for School Turnarounds

Presenters

Sarah Feldman (Primary)

Senior Research Associate
WestEd

Myrna Castrejón (Primary)

Senior Vice President for School Development and Support
California Charter Schools Association

Tim Wolf (Primary)

Chief Executive Officer
King-Chavez Public Schools

Description

As part of a series of WestEd-sponsored webinars related to education goals of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), Sarah Feldman, Senior Research Associate in WestEd's Innovation Studies Program; Myrna Castrejón, Senior Vice President, Development and Support of the California Charter Schools Association; and Tim Wolf, CEO, King-Chavez Public Schools will describe how the California Charter Schools Association has worked with three schools in San Diego to transform low performing schools into successful charter schools.

This webinar will also provide an overview of a free website,Transform My School, which features resources including videos, sample materials, case studies and slide shows from three schools in San Diego, California, that became charter schools in order to improve student achievement.

WestEd is offering this webinar as part of series of free webinars related to the education goals of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The series includes:

• Early Head Start: Providing a Quality Comprehensive Program for Infants, Toddlers and Their Families:
  • Part I
    
  • Part II
• Making Progress on Essential Standards and Assessment Reforms
• Turning Around Chronically Low-Performing Schools: Resources from Doing What Works

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