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Tools and Examples

• Baldrige Core Values and Concepts
• ASQ Tools for Teachers
  Quality Problem-Solving Tools for teachers to brainstorm, identify root causes and implement changes in their classrooms

Success Stories

• Jenks Public Schools, Oklahoma (2005 MBNQA winner)
  Link to Baldrige Award Recipient Profile for Jenks Public Schools; Includes Improvement Results and Description of Processes that led to the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award(MBNQA) Jenks Public Schools Baldrige Award Recipient Profile
• Consolidated School District 15
  • A Class Act (Article in Quality Progress)
    (ASQ membership required)
• Pearl River School District
  • Pearl River School District (2001 MBNQA winner)
    Links to two presentations that describe the Pearl River School District ’s timeline for success, Their Continuous Improvement model, Project Action plans and Key Results for winning the MBNQA
  • Vision To Reality (PDF, 930 KB)
• Franklin Schargel’s Keynote address at the ASQ 2005 NQEC Conference (PDF, 1033 KB)
  Causes of School Drop-out and Effective Strategies for the Prevention of Drop-out “At Risk Learners Can Become Successful Learners”
• Grand Blanc (MI) Community Schools (PDF, 991 KB)
  Grand Blanc Community Schools uses a School Improvement Model based on the Deming System; Excellent Classroom examples and significant academic results are given in this presentation.
• Brazosport ISD, Texas (PDF, 213 KB)
  Describes the Brazosport ISD success story with models for achievement, academic outcomes achievement graphs and recommendations for other school districts Source: ASQ Quality Management Journal
• Sheboygan Area School District (Wisconsin)
  Article describes an enhanced logic model for quality planning
  (ASQ membership required)
• Success Stories of the New Mexico Governor’s Business Executives for Education
  Strengthening Quality in Schools
  

Resources – Other Organizations

• Advanced Placement Testing
• American Society for Engineering Education K-12 website
  (Resource for teachers)
• BEST – Building Engineering & Science Talent
• DestinationImagiNation
• F.I.R.S.T. (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
• Gate Foundation- Education articles
• INFORMS (Operations Research) website for high school teachers
• MIT Open CourseWare for High School Teachers
• The National Dropout Prevention Center/Network
• National High School Alliance
• Odyssey of the Mind Program
• PBS Design Squad
• SAE - A World in Motion (Teacher Resource)
• Skills USA (Formerly VICA)

Resources – ASQ

• Blog on Quality in Education
• Link to Education Discussion Board
  (ASQ membership required)
• Link to Education Forum Library
• Link to ASQ Quality in Education Library
• ASQ Quality Tools for teachers
• ImpaQT Training™ for the Classroom