The ABCs Of Saving A Failing School
If a school is consistently failing and kids aren't learning, shut it down. Start over with new teachers and administrators willing to do something dramatically different. Closing failing schools and turning them around has been in vogue since No Child Left Behind, and now the Obama Administration is embracing the idea. It's even offering millions of dollars to school districts to help them do it. Read Part Two of the series here. Claudio Sanchez, National Public Radio, July 7, 2010