{"id":2031,"date":"2021-12-21T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/?p=2031"},"modified":"2021-11-19T17:04:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T17:04:01","slug":"for-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/for-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"For Inspiration &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a strong, informed leader, a dedicated staff, and the right curriculum, <strong>meaningful school transformation<\/strong> can be a reality &#8230; even in the most challenging circumstances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This short but powerful <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/camden-prep-new-jersey-success-story\/\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a> tells the story of an inner-city elementary school in New Jersey where 60% of the students performed above grade level in math in 2019 &#8212; up from only 3% in 2014. And during the same period, there was an increase from 4% to 50% in reading performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the words of principal, Susanna Tagoe, &#8220;&#8221;When you see our kids in action, and you see how much brilliance and how capable they are, then you understand not to limit them.&#8221; And she reminds us that &#8220;A zip code does not determine your ability.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we prepare to enter this new year, may you be inspired by the success of this school in the face of overwhelmingly negative odds. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a strong, informed leader, a dedicated staff, and the right curriculum, meaningful school transformation can be a reality &#8230; even in the most challenging circumstances. This short but powerful video tells the story of an inner-city elementary school in New Jersey where 60% of the students performed above grade level in math in 2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[334,333,336,327,335],"class_list":["post-2031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-camden-new-jersey","tag-inspirational-video","tag-meg-oliver","tag-school-culture","tag-suzanna-tagoe","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2031"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2036,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031\/revisions\/2036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}