Detroit Teachers Serve as Models for Resilience and Results
A few years ago, Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) took a big bet on talent. The District’s new leaders believed that Detroit teachers have the power to chart a new future for the city’s children. As part of an ambitious five-year plan, leaders sought to forge a new legacy for the District: one where teachers received the trust, compensation, professional development, and resources to achieve their highest aspirations, and to empower students to succeed.
Reforms included district-wide adoption of the
EL Education K-8 Language Arts curriculum
and systemic support from EL Education coaches.
Only two years into the five-year plan, Detroit teachers are delivering on the investment in their talent.
Students’ 2019 test scores showed the greatest single-year improvement on state tests (M-STEP) in the history of the exam.
Students improved over 2018 results across all tested grade-levels in English/Language Arts. Even more encouraging, the District’s proficiency improvement compared to last year outpaced the state’s in all but one grade, which differed by less than 0.1.
After adopting a new curriculum and systematic support, Detroit public schools have emerged as models for resilience and results.
The story of transformation doesn’t end there. On August 21st, 30 teachers and Master Teachers from DPSCD stepped up to support EL Education in preparing more than 4,000 educators in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District (CMS) to successfully implement the EL Education curriculum in 2019-20.
I feel very optimistic about the curriculum, the teachers of Charlotte, and most importantly, the students. They will all have a brighter future in reading because of the newly adopted EL Education curriculum,” shared one Detroit teacher leader.