New report: LSCs and democracy outperform turnarounds
On the eve of a potentially catastrophic Board of Education vote to turnaround ten more Chicago schools, the school reform research group Designs for Change has released a report showing that school turnarounds are not worth the extra expense, and that the unheralded reforms brought about under the authority of parent-led, democratically-elected local school councils have been far more effective.
9 key conclusions of the report:
Conclusion 1. The study’s evidence does not justify the continuation of the School Turnaround Strategy in
