Category: Restricted Innovation

Why don’t bad schools close?

Posted December 15, 2010

A new study finds that very few low-performing schools end up being shut down. There may be a different, more effective approach to closing chronically under performing schools: providing alternatives.

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Administration and Management, Change Strategy

Reframing teacher layoffs - is this fundamentally a problem of money?

Posted June 17, 2010

To resolve budget deficits schools and political leaders are arguing over whether they should spend more, or cut. Most likely both will happen. While necessary for the short term, these are not long-term strategies. Pressures on budgets will continue, and there have got to be different choices.

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Administration and Management, Nationwide, News and media, teachers