One day in 2015, David Cooke had an epiphany that changed everything at Jemtegaard Middle School.
While observing two remedial math teachers work with their students from the back of a classroom, the Jemtegaard principal examined some of the school’s recent performance data with instructional coach Cheryl MacIntyre and told her that something drastic had to be done. Cooke knew the school’s faculty members couldn’t keep doing the same things they were doing and expect different results. They simply couldn’t wait any longer.