Thoughtful administration
When a Chicago study came out last year, reporting that students who were displaced by Ren10 school closures didn't learn more if they were reassigned to similarly low performing schools, there was mega hand-wringing and lots of "I-told-you-sos" from opponents of closure
Turnaround Event
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Bellwether Education Partners
Big happenings in edu-land today. Andy Rotherham, education policy leader, founder of Ed Sector, and the fingers behind Eduwonk, is helping launch "Bellwether Education Partners,"??a new full-service nonprofit to help education reform organizations. He's partnering up with NewSchools co-founder Kim Smith, former Bain consultant??Mary Wells, and Monisha Lozier,??formerly of Korn/Ferry.
Quotable and Notable
???Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a community to graduate a student.??? ???Dana Herreman, Curriculum Director of Newark, OH public schools