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School officials have taken some crucial steps toward improving student’s performance in school. School officials have gathered new teachers and put metric steps in place to obtain data that can and will allow them to build a stronger school. The effort expands further than just to the students however. Teachers are also measured off these metrics as well and how hard they work to improve the students understanding and attendance to school work. This started when Chicago won a $20 million in federal money over three years to help improve its worst-performing schools, part of a $3.5 billion program that targeted 1,247 failing schools nationwide. The district is kicking in another $7 million in local money, and officials were determined to invest …show more content…
The five levels are physiological, safety, love, esteem, and self-actualization (Ferrell, Gatewood, Ferrell, & Taylor, 2010 pg.378). Of those five the two highest rankings in this case would have to be esteem and love. Teens need a highs level of esteem and love. Love needs are the highest. Once basic needs and security are taken care of, people look for love, friendship, and affection (Ferrell, Gatewood, Ferrell, & Taylor, 2010 pg.379). Ms. Calhoun reported that most of the students that showed a significant turnaround from the past was driven more from building a relationship with her or her staff she hired to call students and go find students. The affection of someone actually caring carried more weight for the students coming to school over anything …show more content…
These three consist of achievement, affiliation, and power (Ferrell, Gatewood, Ferrell, & Taylor, 2010 pg.381). The one that most fits this situation would have to be affiliation. This is the desire for friendly and warm relationships with other people (Ferrell, Gatewood, Ferrell, & Taylor, 2010 pg.381). The best result for student’s not coming school was Ms. Calhoun and her staff building relationships with the students. The best result for all three of the theories was a little concern or care. The teachers showed they cared and altered their teaching styles and students responded in a more positive

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