We can best achieve continued improvement in our school by working together. I invite you to join with the board of education, teachers, staff and administration in taking an active part to ensure school improvement continues in a positive and constant manner.
Research supports stability in school improvement efforts.
The initiatives already underway by the Board of Education are going to help us raise the levels of knowledge and understanding for all students as well as increase student performance. I have conducted many observations of our teaching staff to ensure that we are instructing to include the Illinois Learning Standards and are accountable to the new Standards Achievement tests. Our professional development efforts last summer and this year have focused on the use of engaged learning activities to promote critical thinking, and the use of technology to improve reading and other subjects. In almost all cases our teachers are using tools to deliver improved instruction to our students. Let me address the myth of our failed education system.