91制片厂视频
School & District Management Series

Tackling Turnaround

Over the next year, 91制片厂视频 Week will chronicle Principal Keith Look and his team at Shawnee High School in Louisville, Ky., while they work to transform the long-troubled campus as part of a $3.5 billion federal push to turn around thousands of low-performing schools across the nation.

  • Keith Look, the principal of the Academy @ Shawnee, slaps hands with a student at the end of the school day. Intensive efforts to turn around the Louisville, Ky., high school have not yet yielded the needed results.
    Keith Look, the principal of the Academy @ Shawnee, slaps hands with a student at the end of the school day. Intensive efforts to turn around the Louisville, Ky., high school have not yet yielded the needed results.
    Pat McDonogh for 91制片厂视频 Week
    Federal After Early Progress, Ky. School Struggles to Turn Around
    Alyson Klein, June 11, 2013
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    10 min read
    A student at The Academy@Shawnee in Louisville, Ky., reaches for items in the top of her locker. The high school has seen big changes over the past year, sparked by its participation in the federal School Improvement Grant program, including the replacement of many teachers and the support of specialists sent in by the state.
    A student at The Academy@Shawnee in Louisville, Ky., reaches for items in the top of her locker. The high school has seen big changes over the past year, sparked by its participation in the federal School Improvement Grant program, including the replacement of many teachers and the support of specialists sent in by the state.
    Pat McDonough for 91制片厂视频 Week
    School & District Management Ky. Turnaround School Reaps Double-Digit Gains
    Alyson Klein, October 3, 2011
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    2 min read
    Senior Leteidra Caples waves to friends in the hall at the Academy @ Shawnee on May 31. Caples and other seniors participated in the annual seniors march at the Louisville school.
    Senior Leteidra Caples waves to friends in the hall at the Academy @ Shawnee on May 31. Caples and other seniors participated in the annual seniors march at the Louisville school.
    Pat McDonogh for 91制片厂视频 Week
    School & District Management Turnaround School Passes One-Year Milestone
    Alyson Klein, June 6, 2011
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    9 min read
    Academy @ Shawnee senior student Alison Philpott, right, signs a yearbook for friends in her class as fellow senior Keenon Kelly watches on May 31.
    Academy @ Shawnee senior student Alison Philpott, right, signs a yearbook for friends in her class as fellow senior Keenon Kelly watches on May 31.
    Pat McDonogh for 91制片厂视频 Week
    College & Workforce Readiness Students at Turnaround School Reflect on Changes
    Alyson Klein, June 3, 2011
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    3 min read
    Keith Look, the principal of the Academy @ Shawnee, in Louisville, talks with members of the school鈥檚 Navy Junior ROTC before the corps鈥� annual inspection. He is seeking ways to sustain the school鈥檚 gains.
    Keith Look, the principal of the Academy @ Shawnee, in Louisville, talks with members of the school鈥檚 Navy Junior ROTC before the corps鈥� annual inspection. He is seeking ways to sustain the school鈥檚 gains.
    Pat McDonogh for 91制片厂视频 Week
    Accountability Turnaround High School Ratchets Up Improvement
    Alyson Klein, February 23, 2011
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    10 min read
    School & District Management State Specialists' Team Offers Aid in Turnaround
    Alyson Klein, February 22, 2011
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    3 min read
    Leesa Moman helps Shaella Freeman with a math problem in Tiffany Clements鈥� class at The Academy @ Shawnee. Ms. Moman is among a trio of 鈥渆ducation recovery specialists鈥� assigned to the school this year by the Kentucky education department.
    Leesa Moman helps Shaella Freeman with a math problem in Tiffany Clements鈥� class at The Academy @ Shawnee. Ms. Moman is among a trio of 鈥渆ducation recovery specialists鈥� assigned to the school this year by the Kentucky education department.
    David Lee Hartlage for 91制片厂视频 Week
    Accountability Educators Step Up Academics at Ky. Turnaround School
    Dakarai I. Aarons, October 25, 2010
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    7 min read
    Shawnee High School teachers, from left, Pamela Dixon, Kristyn Williams, Charles Wade, and Tiffany Clements let go of yarn that they tossed to one another during a professional development program held last month in Louisville, Ky.
    Shawnee High School teachers, from left, Pamela Dixon, Kristyn Williams, Charles Wade, and Tiffany Clements let go of yarn that they tossed to one another during a professional development program held last month in Louisville, Ky.
    -- Pat McDonogh for 91制片厂视频 Week
    School & District Management Turnaround Team Scrambles at Ky. High School
    Lesli A. Maxwell, August 4, 2010
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    9 min read
    Ann Thiemann rolls up a world map in her classroom on the last day of school as she prepares to transfer from Shawnee High School in Louisville, Ky. The underperforming school is being shaken up under an aggressive school improvement plan.
    Ann Thiemann rolls up a world map in her classroom on the last day of school as she prepares to transfer from Shawnee High School in Louisville, Ky. The underperforming school is being shaken up under an aggressive school improvement plan.
    Pat McDonogh for 91制片厂视频 Week
    School & District Management Kentucky High School Launches Turnaround Journey
    Lesli A. Maxwell, June 15, 2010
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    10 min read