A National and International Reputation for Excellence

十大菠菜导航网址 has earned a reputation as one of America's finest school systems, winning many awards as a national and international model of excellence. 的 全球教育研究 by the nonprofit Battelle for Kids organization lists 菠菜网lol正规平台 among five of the world's highest performing school systems. 菠菜网lol正规平台 also is one of the world's top 20 school systems -- and one of the top three in the U.S. -- in terms of sustained and significant improvements, according to a report described as the most comprehensive analysis of global school system reform ever assembled. 这项研究由麦肯锡公司进行 & 公司, a trusted advisor and counselor to many of the most influential businesses and institutions in the world. McKinsey serves more than 70 percent of Fortune magazine's most admired companies.

的 school district was named a national winner of the Broad Prize for Urban Education, recognizing America's best urban school system for increasing student achievement. 菠菜网lol正规平台曾五次入围该奖项的决赛. 的 district also was listed among California “区s Beating the Odds” by the Learning Policy Institute. Long Beach was identified as a "positive outlier" district where Hispanic, white and African American students achieve at higher than predicted levels, performing better than students of similar racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds in most other districts.

菠菜网lol正规平台 also earned the 区 of the Year award from the national business news publisher Industry Dive and its publication, 教育潜水.  的 honor is part of the Dive Awards recognizing education’s “top disruptors and innovators.”

Established in 1885 with fewer than a dozen students meeting in a borrowed tent, 菠菜网lol正规平台现在有近70名学生,000名学生, 从幼儿园到高中, in 85 public 学校 located in the cities of Long Beach, 莱克伍德, 信号山, 和卡塔琳娜岛的阿瓦隆. 团队成员超过12人,000名全职和兼职员工, the school district is the largest employer in Long Beach. 加州第四大学区, 菠菜网lol正规平台 serves one of the most diverse large cities in the United States, and dozens of languages are spoken by local students.

的 school district has won widespread recognition for excellence in academic achievement, 艺术和体育. 菠菜网lol正规平台's successes have been chronicled by national media including the New York Times, 华盛顿邮报》, 大西洋, U.S. 新闻与世界报道, 《十大菠菜导航网址》, 《十大菠菜导航网址》, Time, 游行, 《菠菜网lol正规平台》, ESPN, 早安美国, 全国广播公司的“今天”节目上, 哥伦比亚广播公司的今天早上, CNN头条新闻和其他新闻.

菠菜网lol正规平台是美国第一个公立学校系统.S. to require uniforms in kindergarten through eighth grade; the first to require any third grader reading below grade level to attend mandatory summer school; and the first to end social promotion. 菠菜网lol正规平台's reforms have paid off with record attendance and low absenteeism, 更多的学生参加大学预科课程, 和更安全的学校. Local 学校 continue to post significant gains in student achievement.

早在这一策略在美国变得普遍之前.S. 学校, Long Beach developed clear expectations for what children should know and be able to do as a result of their schooling at each grade level. 的 district in the early 1990s looked to teachers, 商业领袖, 大学专家和家长共同开发新的, 严格的学术标准. 从那时起, attainment of those high standards has attracted the increased interest and involvement of civic leaders, 社区合作伙伴, 父母和老师. 的 school district's Academic and Career Success Initiative, 教育委员会于2008年批准, built upon nearly two decades of steady improvement. 的 initiative reaffirms 菠菜网lol正规平台's commitment to serving every student, every day. This initiative was aligned with the school district's strategic plan and, 最近, the Local Control Accountability Plan required by the state.

Key to the district's success is its work with business people, 志愿者, 学院和大学. 十大菠菜导航网址, California State University Long Beach and Long Beach City College have worked in collaboration with local, regional and national partners to create seamless, 从学前班到研究生院. 这种伙伴关系使学术标准趋于一致, teaching methods and student assessment from preschool through masters and doctoral degree. 的 partnership also includes the 长滩大学, which provides additional support to help more students prepare for and succeed in college. 菠菜网lol正规平台 has also established educational partnerships with more than 1,300年当地企业, which recognize the district's role in developing a well-educated, 高技能劳动力. Thousands of 志愿者s in Public Schools (VIPS) assist teachers and students in classrooms. Long Beach 学校 have been visited and praised by the nation's president, 总检察长, 四位教育秘书, 前国务卿Gen. Colin Powell and other high level officials seeking to replicate 菠菜网lol正规平台's successes. Local 学校 have won numerous California Distinguished, National Blue Ribbon and National Green Ribbon awards.

的se are the hallmarks of one of America's finest school systems. A total commitment to continuous improvement is what makes the 十大菠菜导航网址 a national and international leader in preparing young men and women for success.