School ratings are important factors for school accountability, accreditation, state and federal funding and impacts the community view on a school. This qualitative case study was designed to address Professional Learning Community (PLC) for a Title I school in need of improvement. The problem was the lack of teacher retention, and ability to…

The integration of knowledge is a function of how we think about the performance of schools to improve learning. Thus, the purpose of this case study is to characterize knowledge integration by a community of leaders in one urban charter school via interactive discourse to improve elementary students' achievement in mathematics and reading. The…