MMAC Calls for a New Orleans-style “Recovery District” for MPS Low-performing Schools « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!

MMAC Calls for a New Orleans-style “Recovery District” for MPS Low-performing Schools « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!:

MMAC Calls for a New Orleans-style “Recovery District” for MPS Low-performing Schools

by millerlf

The MMAC is calling for a New Orleans-style “recovery district” for low performing schools in MPS. This district would not be under the MPS board’s jurisdiction and would have a separate superintendent.

Following is the MMAC Legislative Update on WisEye, from January 31,2013. Here MMAC representatives describe the “recovery district”:

http://www.wiseye.org/Programming/VideoArchive/EventDetail.aspx?evhdid=7089

01.31.13 | Metro Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) Legislative Briefing: K-12 Education

Duration: [01:19:44]

      

On January 31, 2013, MMAC VP of Government Affairs, Steve Baas, and MMAC Legislative Director, Katy Venskus, discussed accountability measures for all publicly-funded K-12 schools in the City of Milwaukee at the state level as well as an overview of the current legislative session.