Session 29: Wells Elementary School: Dispelling the Myth Through Collaborative Instruction

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“Systems elevate averages” is the mantra by which the Steubenville, Ohio, school district operates, and the district’s rising test scores are testimony to the positive impact that coordinated, research-based reading, math, and science instruction can have across a district. And at Wells Elementary, where the rigorous curriculum is enriched with a focus on the arts, students have excelled beyond the average. Hear how Wells manages to post 100 percent proficiency rates year after year among a student body that counts more than half the students as low-income and almost half as African-American or multiracial.

Presenters:
Melinda Young, principal, Wells Elementary
Marjorie Radakovich, principal, East Elementary;
Joe Nocera, principal, West Elementary, Steubenville, Ohio