Policy types debate whether school systems should try to fix failing public schools or close them and replace them with charters or other types of new schools. Answer: it’s a lot easier to create a constructive school culture with a new team than having to change the hearts and minds of existing staff. But sometimes the reality on the ground, to use the cliche, makes school reform a little trickier. In Chicago, school authories have opted for trying to turn around six failing high schools rather than closing them down because moving students to new schools would cause them to cross gang boundaries.
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03/19/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on college graduation rates and the NCAA Tournament in the Detroit Free Press.
03/19/10 | Linda Perlstein links to Education Sector's "College- and Career-Ready" event.
03/17/10 | Ben Miller's column on graduation rates and NCAA Tournament eligibility is mentioned on The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Fix.
03/17/10 | Kevin Carey's critique of Diane Ravitch's latest book is quoted in Doublethink's Conventional Folly blog.
03/15/10 | Ben Miller pens an op-ed for US News & World Report on using graduation rates to determine NCAA Tournament eligibility.