Back in February, I made this dire prediction about how the School Improvement Fund would play out.
Expect districts to max out their use of the ?Transformation? model. Most remaining schools will opt for a weak version of the ?Turnaround? option. The closure and restart options will scarcely be used. And results will parallel those from previous decades: The vast majority of low-performing schools will remain low performing.
Today, Ed Week's Lesli Maxwell reports this:
Schools receiving millions of dollars in federal money meant to reverse years of low achievement are overwhelmingly opting for ?transformation,? the least disruptive of four intervention methods endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education.
Her piece has plenty of discouraging example. You should give it a read.
The turnaround craze continues?
?Andy Smarick