Imperfect list of ‘worst’ schools
Posted in No Child Left Behind, Turning around failing schoolsState 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 won’t 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.
They may be right; there are quirks in the methodology. But making the list could be viewed as an opportunity, not just a label of failure. Each school will be entitled to between $150,000 and $6 million over three years, depending on their size and improvement strategy.
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The continued delays in completing the list and uncertainties about a federal improvement program have frustrated school district officials. They won’t 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.
They may be right; there are quirks in the methodology. But making the list could be viewed as an opportunity, not just a label of failure. Each school will be entitled to between $150,000 and $6 million over three years, depending on their size and improvement strategy.
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