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Where's the evidence? Serious inadequacy of 'Race To The Top' school turnaround models
- 05-25-2011
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Blog by Gary M. Ratner/Huffington Post
Imagine if America could actually turn around its 5,000 lowest-achieving public schools and within five years -- as the Obama administration proposes to do through Race To The Top (RTTT) and similar grant programs. It would unquestionably be a huge victory -- both for millions of America's most disadvantaged students and as a guide to turning around thousands of other low-achieving schools. But how likely is it that RTTT and the other programs (referred to collectively hereafter as "RTTT"), would, as currently framed, accomplish these goals? Not at all likely. RTTT is based on requiring each grantee to implement one of four specified approaches ("models") for turning around a school: (more...)
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