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Congress to investigate school turnaround companies
- 08-20-2010
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Guest blog by Dakarai I. Aarons/Education Week
Questions have been raised about some of the companies chasing the $3.5 billion in Title I School Improvement Grants to target the bottom 5 percent of America's schools, and now Congress is jumping in the act. As The New York Times pointed out in a recent story, some of the companies certified by states as school turnaround partners have no experience actually improving the fortunes of low-performing schools—or any school, for that matter. Rep. George Miller, the California Democrat who chairs the House Education and Labor Committee, announced today that he will hold hearings to look into who's in line to get this money and if they are qualified for the job. (more…)
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