In an article about school turnarounds and dropout prevention in the The New York Times, they noticed “Westinghouse High a school of 1,700 students in downtown Brooklyn, is taking a page from Japanese management techniques to improve student achievement…Supporters see it helping a generation of schoolchildren learn to think for themselves and work together-skills that economists say will be vital for successful workers…The process has led to a dramatic fall in the dropout rate from 12.9 percent to 2.1 percent…
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Media Comment: Business Week
When referring to the success story of George Westinghouse High School, Business Week said “Although more than half the school’s students come from single-parent families with incomes below the poverty line, parental involvement in the PTA has grown from 12 members…to 211.”
Media Comment: Fortune Magazine
When evaluating Franklin on his work done at George Westinghouse High School, Fortune Magazine said “A prime contender (for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in Education) may be George Westinghouse Vocational & Technical High School in Brooklyn, New York…Franklin Schargel, the school’s quality coordinator, can point to real results…The school’s success attracted Japanese manufacturer Ricoh, which has specially equipped a classroom where students learn how to repair fax machines circuit boards while earning money for doing so.”
Current & Past Clients
This is just a partial list of my past clients. If you would like referrals or references, just call me today at 505-823-2339!
- Alternatives to Expulsion Conference
- American Association of School Administrators (AASA)
- ASQC-Quality Congress
- Association of Quality & Productivity (AQP)
- Brazilian Government
- Charleston South Carolina Schools
- Conference Board (Canada)
- Conference Board (United States)
- Dayton Ohio School System
- Delaware School to Work
- Dowling College
- Educational Testing Service (ETS)
- Ft. Knox School System
- GOAL/QPC
- International Association of Personnel
- Iowa Success Network
- Jobs For America’s Graduates, Inc.
- Kenton New York School System
- Kentucky Department of Education
- Kodak 21st Century Foundation
- Long Island University
- MAQIN-Hunter Conference
- Monterey California Department of Public Works
- National Association of Secondary School Principals (NAASP)
- National Council of States
- National Governor’s Association – Quality & Education
- National Governor’s Association – Critical Linkages
- National Governor’s Association – Partners for Quality
- National Quality Association
- National School Boards Association
- New York State Department of Education
- Northeast Regional Quality Meeting
- Penn State – The Center for Quality Schools
- Pinellas Florida School System
- Project CoLead – Northeastern Illinois University
- Quality in New Mexico
- SACTO- Sacramento California
- Sandia National Labs – Albuquerque NM
- Seattle School System
- Shinto Prize – Utah State
- Spanish Government
- Teachers Workshop – Television Down link
- United States Customs Service
- United States Information Agency
- University of Oklahoma
- Xerox Corporation
From At-Risk to Academic Excellence Forward by Gene Bottoms
Take a look at the forward to the book, written by Dr. Gene Bottoms, Vice President, Southern Regional Education Board… [Read more…] about From At-Risk to Academic Excellence Forward by Gene Bottoms
Helping Students Graduate: Tools and Strategies to Prevent School Dropouts
Today, over one-third of our K-12 students never graduate increasing the likelihood of their imprisonment, single parenthood, poverty and the use of alcohol and drugs. Yet the demands of No Child Left Behind, will inevitably increase the likelihood of children leaving school prior to graduation.
Dropout Prevention is Everyone’s Responsibility.
Educators realize that dropping out is a process and not an event. Few dropouts sail through their school career without problems. Most became at-risk for dropping out of high school long before then – some as early as the third grade. This workshop identifies 15 dropout prevention strategies which the National Education Goals Panel says are “the most effective strategies to help solve our school dropout problem. The workshop will not only deal with “what to do” but “how to do it” as well.
Using the 15 effective strategies developed by the National Dropout Prevention Center and tools developed as best practices by some of America’s outstanding schools and programs, workshop participants will not only learn what to do but how to aid at-risk youth to graduate.
The strategies have been recognized by the National Education Goals Panel and the United States Department of Education as “the most effective strategies to help solve our school dropout problem.” (NEGP Monthly, August 2001 and www.ed.gov/dropout).
Audience: This workshop is appropriate for groups of teachers, counselors, and school administrators.
Uses: This presentation can be used as a keynote, mealtime, or session presentation.
Length: This presentation is an all-day presentation and can be adjusted for a shorter 1 -1 1/2 hours version.
Handouts: This presentation includes handouts.
Audio-Visual: This presentation does have slide, projector, or computer requirements.
Bookings: If you would like to arrange for this presentation or workshop, please call me today at 505-823-2339.
Professional Development: Where The Rubber Hits The Road
Improving Classroom Performance Through The Use Of Videos and Movies
We know that we are teaching a visual generation. Thanks to video games, television, movies and the Internet, more of our students and our faculty watch and interact with visual stimulation. This interactive workshop focuses on the utilization of visual media to improve classroom performance.
Welcome to a new home on the interweb
Welcome to my new website. I’ve added a lot of information here and will continue to update these pages with information that you can use on a regular basis to help our world become a better place.
Every school day 181 school buses loaded with children leave school never to return. That is our daily school dropout rate! [Read more…] about Welcome to a new home on the interweb