Sarah Karp of Catalyst Chicago continues an in-depth analysis of the turnaround of Marshall High School. Nationally, the student population of schools undergoing turnarounds and transformations have declined by 27%, and the shrinkage has been sharper in Chicago. Marshall, for instance, is competing against twelve new schools, mostly charters. As a result, only 16% of students in Marshall's attendance area attend their neighborhood high school. Of course, those numbers cannot be reconciled with the spin that charters and are selective schools are serving "the same students."
