Bellevue Schools Nationally Ranked by Newsweek

Bellevue, WA School District #405 set a record among high schools in the U.S. with three schools from their district in the top 18 of Newsweek's list of America's top high schools. The Bellevue school district, just outside of Seattle, has been using Tools for Teaching to train their teachers for the past 5 years! Dr. Mike Riley, Superintendent at Bellevue, is quoted on the back of Tools for Teaching saying:

"Dr Jones' program has had a significant and lasting impact on rookies as well as seasoned classroom veterans. It produces a high rate of learning and positive behavior from kids without making teachers work themselves into a frazzle."

Dr. Riley first used the Fred Jones program in 1992 while a principal in Frederick Co., MD. He then introduced the program to Baltimore County Schools when he was an assistant superintendent there. Baltimore County still uses the program as the core of their New Teacher Induction program for 1200 to 1600 new teachers each year.

When Dr. Riley moved to Bellevue in 1998, he sent his New Teacher Trainers to Fred Jones' trainings. Their success led to Dr. Jones training school site teams for each school in 1999.

Bellevue continues to train new and veteran teachers in the Fred Jones' method. Dr. Riley gives credit to the entire district, K-12, for the high schools' successes.