Eastglen tracks its students to steer them to graduation

New at the helm of a school with sluggish graduation rates and low exam scores, Eastglen High School principal Darren Fox wanted to make the environment more personal.
He tacked pictures of all 240 Grade 12 students to a board in his office. At a glance, he could see who was on track to graduate three, four, or five years after starting Grade 10.
Every six or eight weeks, teachers would gather in front of the board, and look at marks to flag anyone who was slipping off track.
“I wanted to