The Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Academic Transformation Plan is a game-changing step forward for our schools. It includes a comprehensive top-to-bottom assessment and overhaul of every school and the administration.
The Transformation Plan’s goals are ambitious, but they are clearly defined and achievable:
- Graduate all students ready to compete in the 21st century global economy.
- Provide high quality schools that raise student achievement in every neighborhood so that all families have choices.
- Hold everyone accountable for success, using performance data – teachers and principals, central office staff, parents and students and community.
- Recruit, support, and retain high-quality principals and teachers.
- Expand what is working today for students; be bold in rethinking and changing what is not working.
- Attract and retain students and families in Cleveland.
- Right-size the district by eliminating excess capacity, addressing overcrowding and ensuring effective use of resources.
Sign on to the Coalition to Transform Cleveland’s Schools and join hundreds of parents, teachers, school administrators, business owners, community and faith leaders, and residents who are advocating for real change and dramatic improvement in our schools.