Transforming Underperforming Schools into High-Achieving Schools

Schools across the United States and Canada are working to disrupt the adverse effects of poverty and support students in ways that enable them to succeed in school and in life. In this second edition, Parrett and Budge demonstrate how your school can achieve similar results. Expanding on the still-critical concepts of actions and school culture from their original framework, they incorporate new insights for addressing equity, trauma, and social-emotional learning. These fresh perspectives, combined with lessons learned from 12 additional high-poverty, high-performing schools, form the updated and enhanced Framework for Collective Action.

Emphasizing students' social, emotional, and academic learning as the hub for all action in high-performing, high-poverty schools, the authors describe how educators can work within the expanded Framework to address the needs of all students, particularly those living in poverty. Equipped with the Framework and a plethora of tools to build collective efficacy, such as self-assessments, high-leverage questions, and action advice, school and district leaders, as well as teachers, teacher leaders, instructional coaches, and other staff, can close persistent opportunity gaps and reverse longstanding patterns of low achievement.

The updated Framework for Collective Action incorporates new insights for addressing equity, trauma, and social-emotional learning, building upon the still-critical concepts of actions and school culture from the original framework. The authors have expanded their research to include lessons learned from 12 additional high-poverty, high-performing schools, providing a more comprehensive approach to supporting students and enabling them to succeed in school and in life.

At the heart of the Framework is the emphasis on students' social, emotional, and academic learning as the foundation for all action in high-performing, high-poverty schools. Educators can utilize the Framework and the provided tools, such as self-assessments, high-leverage questions, and action advice, to address the needs of all students, particularly those living in poverty. By working within this expanded Framework, school and district leaders, teachers, teacher leaders, instructional coaches, and other staff can close persistent opportunity gaps and reverse longstanding patterns of low achievement.

The authors' collaborative approach, which includes input from 12 additional high-poverty, high-performing schools, offers a comprehensive and practical solution for schools and districts looking to disrupt the adverse effects of poverty and support student success. The updated Framework for Collective Action provides educators with the guidance and tools they need to build collective efficacy and create equitable, trauma-informed, and socially-emotionally supportive learning environments for all students.

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