Making the rounds: Low-performing schools get boost from 'instructional rounds'

Teachers from Goldsboro High School and Dillard Middle School have begun studying the techniques used by teachers at other Wayne County public schools in an effort to improve instruction and student performance.

We think it is a great idea and one that holds a lot of promise.

Learning how successful classrooms work is one step that schools with lower performance records can take to close the gap between the top schools in the county and those that perennially need help.

Improving education in the public schools has been a priority in Wayne County for decades. Although there have been some advances, several schools still lag behind the rest. Any program that offers the opportunity for them to close the gap should be tried. There is nothing more important to the economic success of the county as a whole than improving its public educational system.

Marcia Manning, the innovative programs coordinator for the county schools, says the "instructional rounds" program is modeled after the medical profession. We believe it is "just what the doctor ordered" and could go a long way toward solving the county's long-standing problems in education.

Published in Editorials on December 28, 2016 10:01 AM