In a Webinar organized this month by the School Turnaround Learning Community, Lynn Dougherty, Director of Literacy of K-12 in Hillsborough County, FL, described how her district supports all students in literacy, including those significantly below grade level.

Hillsborough’s model of tiered interventions features a high quality district-led core curriculum for all students and interventions for students at risk. To identify students who may struggle in reading and writing,…

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The National High School Center recently released a new research brief, A Systemic Approach to Implementing Response to Intervention in Three Colorado High Schools.  This brief, written by Helen Duffy and Jenny Scala, describes implementation of response to intervention (RTI) in three high schools in Colorado District 189, as well as how district and state policy and support affected their implementation. The brief provides a description of how Colorado District…

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At the recent High School Redesign in Action conference, sponsored by the New England Secondary School Consortium (NESSC), I heard a very interesting story about how a small high school was able to turnaround with limited external help. 

Deer Isle-Stonington High School is a small high school on a bridged island in Maine. It serves 142 students in grades nine through 12, with 17 teachers and one principal. In…

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The National High School Center has launched two online communities of practice for high school practitioners. The High School Tiered Interventions Community of Practice, which is also supported by the National Center on Response to Intervention and the National Center on Intensive Intervention, is an online community for school and district practitioners implementing tiered interventions in high schools. The Early Warning System Community of Practice is designed for…

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The National High School Center, in collaboration with the National Center on Response to Intervention and the National Center on Intensive Intervention, is excited to announce the launch of our new High School Tiered Interventions Community of Practice.  The launch of the Community of Practice was announced Tuesday, March 13^th, during a Webinar sponsored by the three national centers.

The Webinar featured Dr. Judy Elliott, formerly of…

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The National High School Center, National Center on Response to Intervention, and National Center on Intensive Intervention are launching an online community of practice for school and district practitioners implementing tiered interventions in high schools. The High School Tiered Interventions Community of Practice will allow participants from around the country to share resources and engage in discussions with colleagues and national experts on how to move their…

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The National High School Center, the Center on Instruction, and the National Center on Response to Intervention, collaborating as the High School Tiered Interventions Initiative (HSTII), have released some new planning tools that support educators wishing to understand the essential components of response to intervention (RTI) and apply them in high school. These documents serve as an accompaniment to HSTII’s May 2010 report, Tiered Interventions in High Schools:…

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