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Iyengar, Kate Lewis-LaMonica, and Mike Perigo  \nCollaborating to accelerate social impact October 2017  \nThis article is part of a Bridgespan Group research project that focuses on anew wave of district-led “innovation zones” that holds promise to overcome the challenges of turning around failing schools and deliver significant improvements in student outcomes. This new wave provides a subset of district schools  \nwith control over staffing, curriculum, and budgeting. Such autonomy often is guaranteed by a contractual agreement and enabled by state law that can sustain the zone despite potential changes in district leadership. The schools are sometimes operated by a nonprofit that is held accountable to the school district for significant improvement in student outcomes.  \nOur research highlights the experiences of five school districts that are vanguards of this new wave of innovation zones—Chicago; Denver; Indianapolis; Memphis, TN; and Springfield, MA.  \nThese innovation zones reveal certain design features that place a focus on improving teaching and learning over multiple years—the heart of any successful turnaround effort. Specifically promising innovation zones:  \n• Set ambitious goals  \n• Guarantee autonomy  \n• Improve teaching and learning  \n• Follow the students  \n• Are sustainable, scalable, and built to last  \nThe article that follows looks in detail at one of the school districts profiled in the Bridgespan report A New Wave of District Innovation Zones: A Promising Means of Increasing Rates of Economic Mobility.  \nCover photo: Phalen Leadership Academies  \nIndianapolis is emerging as a potential leader in public education reform. The city’s 40-plus mayor-sponsored charter schools serve more than a third of students living within the boundaries of the city’s largest school district. And its 15 Innovation Network Schools, managed by third-party nonprofits like Phalen Leadership Academies, take advantage of an extraordinary level of autonomy in their quest to improve student achievement.  \nThe Context  \nPublic schools in Indiana get grades of their own each year on an “A” to “F” scale. Student performance on the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress-Plus (ISTEP+) tests influence a school’s grade, in addition to other factors such as the rate at which students improve.  \nLewis Ferebee, who became superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) in September of 2013, wants all 68 schools in his district to earn an “A” and has confidence in their potential to do so—even though 42 percent of the schools in IPS were “F” by the state in 2016.  \nFerebee’s next step: figuring out what each individual school needs in order to help its students succeed. IPS believes that many of the relevant insights come out of the schools themselves rather than from a central office that is several degrees of separation away from students. That is why the district has championed its Innovation Network Schools. These schools, for the most part, operate under contract with a nonprofit organization or  \n‘‘We cannot address the challenges of 21st century education demands with antiquated thinking.’’  \nLEWIS FEREBEE, SUPERINTENDENT, INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS  \nmanagement team and outside of the district’s collective bargaining agreement. The contract empowers school leaders with the freedom and autonomy associated with charter schools. However, these schools retain some features of a traditional district school (for example, they use district facilities) and, importantly, are accountable to IPS for their performance.  \nIn a letter to the editor of The Indianapolis Star dated October 30, 2016, Ferebee wrote:“We cannot address the challenges of 21st century education demands with antiquated thinking.”1 The Innovation Network Schools approach represents a bold step forward in governance.  \n1 Lewis Ferebee,“IPS leader critical of poli","cbCaitoUdLE8AVoy","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitoUdLE8AVoy","pdf",698022,"English","# Overview\n## Innovation zones and autonomy\n# Indianapolis context\n## Accountability and school performance\n# Innovation Network Schools pathways\n## Start Up, Transform, Reboot, Convert\n# Implementation process","[{\"question\":\"What is the innovation zone approach discussed in the article?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on district schools gaining autonomy—often via contractual agreements and state law—to improve teaching and learning over multiple years while remaining accountable for student outcomes.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Indianapolis structure its Innovation Network Schools?\",\"answer\":\"Indianapolis runs Innovation Network Schools through third-party nonprofits such as Phalen Leadership Academies, granting leaders freedom similar to charter governance while keeping the schools accountable to IPS performance.\"},{\"question\":\"What pathways can Indianapolis Public Schools use to become Innovation Network Schools?\",\"answer\":\"The article lists four pathways: Start Up, Transform, Reboot, and Convert, enabling schools to be created, converted, restarted, or re-designated with outside operators.\"}]","Innovation Network Schools in Indianapolis - Phalen Leadership Academies Takes the Lead | PDF",1792043222,23]