The classroom instructional exchange is the most important. We do have control over it. It must be personal, meaningful, guided, essential, continuous, and challenging, where kids see success and grow. We need to pay attention to great instruction. WASL scores are too low.
Kids can learn.
Teachers share a vision at a rhetorical level. Teachers hunger for what they should be doing to help kids. We need to define what success looks like. Need objective cut-offs. Having a happy, well working staff in a school that does not show results should not be considered a successful school.