An Offer They Couldn't Refuse

Unlike other school districts, Charlotte-Mecklenberg recruits top-performing principals to turn around its failing schools. It is an ingenious school-turnaround strategy that is garnering praise from education-reform advocates like U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and the Aspen Institute. It’s also giving the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district a serious shot at winning the coveted $2 million Broad Prize for Urban Education later this month. Pat Wingert, Newsweek, Oct. 12, 2010