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This Week In Education: Turnarounds: Reactions To The McKinley Parent Trigger

This Week In Education: Turnarounds: Reactions To The McKinley Parent Trigger

Turnarounds: Reactions To The McKinley Parent Trigger

Picture 43If early signs are any indication, the effort to fix (destroy?) McKinley Elementary is shaping up to be this month's Central Falls: a hotly debated, media-saturated free for all over how to fix struggling schools:

The Wall Street Journal's Jason Riley and David Feith (appearing on Fox) says that lawsuits are expected. Playing catch-up on a story in its own back yard, the LA Times reports that parents are rescinding their signatures (but doesn't seem to have any independent verification of its numbers). The LA