Report: Only one percent of ‘bad’ schools turn around
A study out Tuesday underlines just how hard it is to actually turn around a failing school, reports the Christian Science Monitor.
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Troubled urban school is turned around, but cost gives pause
Locke High School in Los Angeles has seen significant progress since it was taken over by a charter school group in 2008, but the gains have come at…
Smaller urban high schools found to boost achievement
With support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, New York City under Mayor Michael Bloomberg has systematically shut down large, failing high schools and replaced them with…