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Friday, February 11, 2011

Ravitch: School Turnaround Efforts Have Failed To Improve Schools

Helen Gym wrote in a blog for the Philadelphia Public School Notebook (2/10), "Turnaround is a failed measure that's led to instability in schools and 'massive demoralization' among teachers and school officials, said New York University professor and author Diane Ravitch Monday night in New York City. Ravitch was the featured speaker along with a dynamic panel of parent activists from across the country in an event sponsored by Parents Across America to launch a new national network of parent leaders." Ravitch "said policies thrust onto urban education - including privatization, school turnaround, standardized testing, and test-based merit pay for teachers - are unproven," citing "Chicago's Renaissance 2010, initiated by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan when he was in Chicago."

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