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Least-disruptive turnaround model proving popular
- 07-29-2010
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By Lesli A. Maxwell/Education Week
School districts are now receiving millions of dollars in federal money to turn around their chronically underperforming schools and, in a number of states, local educators overwhelmingly are opting for “transformation,” the least disruptive of four school intervention methods endorsed by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. All but eight states have been approved by the U.S. Department of Education to receive their share of the $3.5 billion in Title I School Improvement Grants, the supercharged program aimed at reversing years of academic decline at some of the nation’s most troubled schools. (more...)
Also: Database on schools slated for turnaround coming soon (Education Week)
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