School transformers weigh working closer to home
Blog by Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego
For years, a San Diego-based center has helped struggling schools in Florida, Missouri and Arizona to improve -- but has had little involvement in schools in its own backyard. Now that could change.The National Center for Urban School Transformation, a center at San Diego State University, does research and helps spur change in low-achieving schools. While it has only a few staff members, it also hires consultants who have experience changing schools to work with school districts across the nation. (more...)