May 18th, 2017 Boulder, Colo. – Federal and state school accountability policies have used standardized test results to shine a spotlight on low-performing schools. A remedy offered to “turn around” low-performance in school districts is the option to close the doors of the low-performing schools and send students elsewhere. School Closure as a Strategy to…
Category: School Closings
Should Failing Schools Be Closed?
If a company can’t make profit or manage its business correctly, the company inevitably fails and a better one takes its place. When public schools fail, they rarely “go out of business,” but instead go through a process of remediation and restructuring. There has been no evidence to show that restructuring procedures lead to significantly…
14 Failing Schools Closing, Including Site of Bronx School Stabbing
Dec 18, 2017 · by Rebeca Ibarra The city is planning to close more than a dozen failing schools. Most are part of the de Blasio administration’s Renewal program for struggling schools and haven’t shown enough improvement in the past three years. Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña said a big hurdle for many of the closing schools was getting their students to…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 