Online schools often become schools of last resort, and for many families they are the only public school alternative available.» (hechingerreport.org)
These are choices that expand opportunities for the students, but they leave Ballou as effectively a school of last resort for those who don't leave or who are forced to return after struggling academically or behaviorally elsewhere. (educationnext.org)
• Are we adequately measuring growth, or do our measures primarily reflect a group of students underserved by traditional schools who enrolled late in a school of last resort and struggled on a proficiency exam? (educationnext.org)