“…They won’t invest in deeper structural improvements, won’t risk the political fallout of admitting that poverty matters in school performance, and have become cheerleaders for the quick and cheap fix.”

So this got me thinking about an article I saw in yesterday’s LA Times. The LA Times reported that in an attempt to get schools to change their wicked ways, California has just approved a bill that would allow parents more power to try to overhaul their student’s school. If unsuccessful, those parents would have the right to pull their students and move them to another school or even another district. I don’t know about you, but there’s a slippery slope in my head.(...)
Read the rest of LA Times Article: Bailing on Schools Doesn’t Fix Schools (642 words)

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