Can States Take Over and Turn Around School Districts? Evidence From Lawrence, Massachusetts
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Can States Take Over and Turn Around School Districts? Evidence From Lawrence, Massachusetts
TURNING around chronically underperforming schools and districts has been an elusive goal, despite prioritization at the highest levels of government (Gewertz, 2009). In recent years, considerable federal resources have been devoted toward this end. The Obama administration’s signature education initiative, Race to the Top, awarded over $4 billion in competitive grant funding to states in part ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0162-3737,1935-1062
DOI: 10.3102/0162373716685824