Chronic low performance at 51 schools in Boston, Springfield, Lawrence, and other urban centers now requires emergency action by state officials, including administrative restructuring at 26 schools. (wacharterschools.org)
The schools represent four schools that are up for renewal by their authorizer this year and two schools that were renewed despite chronic low performance and have failed to improve. (ccsa.org)
State Education Commissioner Chris Cerf, in the presentation to the state board, said SIG schools in New Jersey and elsewhere should prove a «critical national experiment» in what it takes to turn around schools with chronic low performances. (b4njkids.org)