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[quote=Anonymous]I was a teacher at a failing NYC public middle school that did a turnaround once put on a list (which came with extra resources, of which I was a part of).

We turned it around by (1) differentiated lessons within the same classroom for each lesson (3 levels - under, middle, and above) and (2) each subject/classroom had 2 teachers - one focused on the middle / above kids and one focused on the below kids (me).

We also really leaned into the “growth mindset” teaching approach via Carol Dweck and incorporated some of China’s teaching methods (they teach to mistakes which sounds crazy but google it, it works - I’m a BIG believer in it).

Within a year we exceeded all NYC AND NY state achievement benchmarks based on standardized test scores. These kids were cooking academically.

So all that said - if we’re serious about turning this problem around, it’s not hard, but the county has to want to put in the work. 99% of my students were super poor like wear the same outfit to school every day poor (we ended up giving them school polos to help) and something like 25% had IEPs so that’s not an excuse either. [/quote]

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