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Turnaround Schools, Teacher Seniority, and Union-bashing*
School reform is steady work. In September 2008, Markham Middle School (Watts, Los Angeles)–near the bottom of the state’s list of failing schools–got a new principal and a hardworking, young staff. Under the umbrella of the Mayor’s initiative to improve … Continue reading
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Another Dirty Secret about Turnaround Schools (2)
The first dirty secret (posted on October 7, 2009) is: Turned around schools do not stay turned around. While such a disconnect between policy talk and the grubby realities of on-the-ground practice has existed for years the gap has grown … Continue reading
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Two Dirty Secrets of Turnaround Schools (1)
In “The Good Soldiers,” a book about an Army battalion stationed on the outskirts of Baghdad during the surge in 2007, David Finkel writes about the disconnect between Washington policy elite talk being “more strategic, more political, more policy-driven”–and soldiers’ … Continue reading
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Turning Around Failing Schools
The U.S. Secretary of Education’s call to turn around 5,000 failing schools is inspiring but still hype. Why? No one knows how to turn around schools mired for years in the bottom tier of performance. Just like the few low … Continue reading
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