Missouri district formerly run by new Michigan school czar loses accreditation
John Covington, newly appointed chancellor of Michigan's Education Achievement Authority, looks on while meeting with the Free Press editorial board in Detroit, on Friday, Sept., 9, 2011. / ANDRE J. JACKSON/Detroit Free Press
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri education officials revoked the accreditation of the Kansas City School District today after it failed for several years to meet most of the state's academic performance standards, an embarrassing blow to the beleaguered district that is again trying to find a superintendent.
The loss of accreditation comes less than a month after John Covington abruptly resigned as Kansas City superintendent to take a job as Michigan's first chancellor for a statewide school system for the lowest-performing schools.
While in Kansas City, Covington oversaw the closure of nearly half the district's schools.
Covington's four-year contract in Michigan states he can earn more than $1.5 million