Success for All
{{Short description|Curriculum in the United States}}
Success for All (SFA) are standards-based Comprehensive School Reform curricula for early childhood through middle school, produced by the nonprofit organization Success for All Foundation (SFAF) of Baltimore, Maryland, US.{{cite web|url=http://www.successforall.org|title=Success for all, home page|access-date=2017-03-17|archive-date=2017-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326143920/http://www.successforall.org/|url-status=live}} Psychologist Robert Slavin of Johns Hopkins University founded SFAF along with his wife and research collaborator, Nancy Madden. The SFA and its evidence-based school improvement strategy continue to help improve literacy levels and general education in the US, particularly for children in disadvantaged circumstances.
In 2010, Success for All received a nearly $50 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.{{cite news|first=Michele|last=McNeil|title=49 Applicants Win i3 Grants|url=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/08/04/37i3.h29.html|work=Education Week|date=4 August 2010|access-date=17 March 2017|archive-date=18 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318090006/http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/08/04/37i3.h29.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=W. K. Kellogg Foundation Increased the Number of Children Who Are Reading Proficient by Third Grade for Young Students in Detroit.|url=http://www.successforall.org/w-k-kellogg-foundation-increased-number-children-reading-proficient-third-grade-young-students-detroit/|work=Success for All Foundation|date=March 2016 |access-date=17 March 2017|archive-date=18 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318085616/http://www.successforall.org/w-k-kellogg-foundation-increased-number-children-reading-proficient-third-grade-young-students-detroit/|url-status=live}}
Improvement strategy
Elements of the SFA school system include: structured teaching of reading (an early leader in phonics teaching); social and emotional development; cooperative learning and oracy; teaching at the right level and providing catch up tutoring for children who are behind.{{Cite web|title=Our Approach|url=http://www.successforall.org/our-approach/|access-date=2021-02-15|website=Success for All Foundation|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115203331/http://www1.successforall.org/our-approach/|url-status=live}}
Tutoring with the Lightning Squad is the SFA tutoring programme. The tutoring is a blended approach with in-person tutoring supported by an online tutoring platform. Tutoring activities are designed to improve reading skills, fluency, comprehension, spelling and phonics.{{Cite web|title=Tutoring with the Lightning Squad|url=http://www.successforall.org/our-approach/targeted-programs/tutoring-with-the-lightning-squad/|access-date=2021-02-15|website=Success for All Foundation|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926223415/http://www1.successforall.org/our-approach/targeted-programs/tutoring-with-the-lightning-squad/|url-status=live}}
International
With support from the Fischer Family Trust, SFA UK was established in 1999 to adapt its content in UK schools. SFA has supported over 100 primary schools in the UK with a whole school improvement approach centred on sustainable improvements in teaching and learning literacy whilst developing the effective use of data.{{Cite web|title=FFT Tutoring with the Lightning Squad|url=https://fft.org.uk/fft-tutoring-with-lightning-squad/|access-date=2021-02-15|website=FFT|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213031823/https://fft.org.uk/fft-tutoring-with-lightning-squad/|url-status=live}} In 2019 the SFA school Applegarth was ranked 6th best school in the UK by the Times newspaper.{{Cite news|last=Burton|first=Susan|date=Feb 2020|title=Applegarth Academy - The Times 6th highest performing school 2019|work=Success for All Foundation UK|url=https://successforall.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Applegarth-Feb-2020-final-1.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-15|archive-date=2021-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208072205/https://successforall.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Applegarth-Feb-2020-final-1.pdf}}
Tutoring with the Lightning Squad has been made into a UK version in collaboration with SFA UK and FFT education. In 2021 it will be used by 14,000 students to help catch up reading after COVID-19 lockdowns as part of the National Tutoring Programme.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-09|title=Success for All joins the National Tutoring Programme in partnership with Fischer Family Trust|url=https://successforall.org.uk/2020/11/09/success-for-all-joins-the-national-tutoring-programme-in-partnership-with-fischer-family-trust/|access-date=2021-02-15|website=Success for All|language=en-GB|archive-date=2021-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211061505/https://successforall.org.uk/2020/11/09/success-for-all-joins-the-national-tutoring-programme-in-partnership-with-fischer-family-trust/|url-status=live}}
Criticism
The Success for All program was critiqued in Jonathan Kozol's book The Shame of the Nation as excessively dogmatic, utilitarian, and authoritarian.
The Success for All program was also criticized in Kenneth Saltman's book The Edison Schools for undermining teacher autonomy, misrepresenting history and culture, and promoting a politicized conservative curriculum agenda under the guise of disinterested objectivity.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
See also
References
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- Slavin, R.E., Madden, N.A., Dolan, L.J., Wasik, B.A., Ross, S., Smith, L., & Dianda, M. (1996). Success for All: A summary of research. Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk, 1(1), 41–76. {{doi|10.1207/s15327671espr0101_6}}
- [http://www.nbcnews.com/id/48913297 "Success for All: Unified curriculum drives Ohio district"]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, Barbara Kantrowitz, MSNBC, September 23, 2012
- [http://video.msnbc.msn.com/msnbc/49150438/#49150438 Video: Poorest children among highest performers at Ohio school]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, MSNBC, aired September 24, 2012
- {{cite web |url= https://www.pbs.org/makingschoolswork/sbs/sfa/index.html|title= PBS Success For All |website= PBS | accessdate=2 Oct 2012}}
External links
- [http://www.successforall.org Success for All Foundation]
- [http://www.ed.gov/pubs/OR/ConsumerGuides/success.html Consumer Guide: Success for All], August 1993, Office of Research, Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education
- [https://successforall.org.uk Success for All Foundation UK]
- [http://www.successforall.org/our-approach/targeted-programs/tutoring-with-the-lightning-squad/ Tutoring with the Lightning Squad]
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