Published Online: January 17, 2012
Published in Print: January 18, 2012, as What Really Works in Turning Schools Around?
By Alan M. Blankstein and Pedro Noguera
An important feature of the Obama administration’s Race to the Top initiative is the call to turn around failing schools. The policy calls for persistently failing schools to be subjected to specific turnaround strategies, and $3.5 billion in federal School Improvement Grant funds has been allocated to support the effort.
Good article on what works to turn a school around.
