Examples of Ready Schools
The SPARK Initiative Level Evaluation Team identified four diverse schools throughout the United States that display characteristics of ready schools. These schools are International Community School in Decatur, Georgia; Ka 'Umeke Ka'eo Public Charter School in Hilo, Hawaii; La Mesa Elementary School in Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Nailor Elementary School in Cleveland, Mississippi (Simons & Curtis, 2007).
The first large-scale implementation of a ready schools framework was launched in the Miami-Dade County Public School System (the fourth largest school district in the country). This major, urban school reform effort seeks to raise the quality of both pre-school and elementary schools throughout Miami-Dade County by focusing on school transitions, a quality rating and improvement system for early childhood programs, teacher professional development (Ready Schools University), strong school leadership and effective community partnerships. The initiative incorporates the Pathways to Ready Schools framework that came out of the Kellogg SPARK initiative, and was influenced by the PK3 framework developed by the Foundation for Child Development. Ready Schools Miami is funded by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg foundation to the Early Childhood Initiative Foundation and The Lastinger Center for Learning at the University of Florida.
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