"Every child can grow": How Greensburg Salem uses
data to drive equity, belonging, and academic success

About: Where communities come together as one
Greensburg Salem School District in Greensburg, PA, exemplifies how a community can bridge socioeconomic inequities and create a unified and supportive educational environment. The district’s educators embody a culture rooted in belonging, dignity, and mutual support while serving students from both affluent and economically disadvantaged backgrounds. “All these communities come together in our district to become one,” says Dr. Lenni Nedley, Greensburg Salem’s curriculum director. “And they mesh together, and they support each other.”
“My very first teaching job was working with a child who came from a very, very troubled background,” says Greensburg Salem superintendent Dr. Kenneth Bissell. “He was thrown out of school . . . All he wanted was somebody to care for him.”
View case studyTopics: Assessment, Early learning, Instructional strategies
Products: MAP Reading Fluency, MAP Growth