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MLA Partner Schools shows promise in turning around Manual Arts High

  • 12-14-2009
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By Sandy Banks/Los Angeles Times

It's difficult keeping track of all the reformers circling the Los Angeles Unified School District, vying to take charge of dozens of schools the district plans to spin off this year. The school board and Supt. Ray Cortines plan to farm out operations for its 200 lowest-performing schools, in what is either a sign of new openness or an admission that L.A. Unified is incapable of raising achievement at failing schools. Already, a handful of schools have been siphoned off by charter groups and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's Partnership for Los Angeles Schools. So far, about all they've shown is how hard reform is. Attendance is higher, but test scores have dropped at Locke High, taken over last year by the Green Dot charter. Teachers at eight of the 10 schools run by the mayor's partnership say the group's fumbling efforts have actually made it harder to get anything accomplished. (more...)

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