The Sutton Trust, an educational charity which funds numerous research projects, warned that on the question of whether academies had fulfilled their original mission of improving failing schools in poorer areas, «our evidence suggests a mixed picture». (ft.com)
Wider and more rapid powers of intervention to improve failing schools in England are being proposed by the Prime Minister David Cameron. (bbc.co.uk)
As the Buffalo Public School District works to improve its failing schools debate is growing over the strength of charter schools. (news.wbfo.org)