How Big Urban Districts Can Succeed, Part I
Is it possible for a big urban school district to succeed?
That's a subject we have dealt with on this blog over the last couple of years, and it is a timely one with school set to begin in Texas in a couple of weeks. And since Dallas is in the process of starting to select a new superintendent, the question has a bit more urgency for our district.
Over the next few days, I'm going to try to answer that question. Or, let me put it this way: I'm going to suggest ways that I think a big urban district can succeed.
First, let's start with a concept we've been talking about here since early July, and that is the role that innovation
