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McKinsey: Long Beach, Aspire among best
- 11-30-2010
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
Long Beach Unified and Aspire Public Schools, the state’s largest charter school operator, joined Boston Public Schools as the only systems in the United States selected in a comprehensive analysis that lauded and diagnosed the most improved schools worldwide. In “How the world’s most improved school systems keep getting better,” the consulting company McKinsey & Company looked for common themes among 20 districts and national school systems that achieved “significant, sustained and widespread improvement” in student outcomes. Some in the report – Singapore, Hong Kong, and South Korea – are always included among high achievers. Others – Ghana, Jordan, and a region in Brazil – were cited for promise they’ve shown in raising achievement in developing nations. Boston, Long Beach, and Aspire joined England, Latvia, Poland and others credited with turning fair schools into very good schools, without retrenchment, over time. (more…)
Also: Long Beach Press-Telegram
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