With a student population of nearly 60,000, disparities in income and opportunity in the Arlington Independent School District (ISD) were leading to wildly different student outcomes from one school to the next. With 72% of students considered economically disadvantaged, there existed a very real barrier to equity within the district.
Under Superintendent Dr. Marcelo Cavazos, Arlington ISD set an ambitious goal: shift the culture bit by bit until a wave of innovation swept across the district. The plan was to engage all district teachers and leaders in individualized coaching on competencies grounded in research and aligned to best practices, then correlate professional growth data with student outcomes data, so that students could excel academically and in the real world.
Read the Arlington ISD case study to see how this multi-year partnership led to vastly improved student outcomes and teacher retention rates!
First published February 12, 2024.