Friday, April 2, 2010

Is Renaissance plan the right medicine for all 14 schools? | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Is Renaissance plan the right medicine for all 14 schools? | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Is Renaissance plan the right medicine for all 14 schools?

In announcing on Tuesday that all 14 Renaissance Eligible schools would be slated for turnaround, Superintendent Arlene Ackerman explained that she couldn’t justify leaving any of them alone to continue on the path they were on.
Based on poor conditions and low academic outcomes, “It was hard to decide which schools would not move forward” with some form of radical intervention, she said.
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