Imperfect list of ‘worst’ schools
Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
State education officials are still tinkering with the list of 188 of the “worst” schools two days before the State Board of Education is required to approve it. The continued delays in completing the list and uncertainties about a federal improvement program have frustrated school district officials. They may not know until the state board votes on Thursday whether some schools they’ve already told to expect drastic interventions will actually have to go through with them. Some superintendents are arguing that their schools shouldn’t have been put on the list in the first place. (more...)