Those frustrations were visible at a recent State Board of Education meeting,
as turnaround operators offered blunt assessments of the current state of affairs in IPS schools, while district officials unsuccessfully argued state officials» funding formula for the takeovers is inequitable.
Not exact matches
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The state would develop a
turnaround plan for these schools and then either give them back to the district to run
as prescribed or hire an outside contractor, such
as a charter school
operator.
Third, the very few and limited national
turnaround charter
operators or networks with a track record of success are not interested in «
turnaround» work
as defined in HB 5105 because their model relies on years of slowly establishing schools one grade level at a time.
EdisonLearning, which IDOE intends to appoint
as a
turnaround school
operator in Gary, is a New York - based private education firm.
While the Indiana Department of Education's been careful to leave its options open for how to handle schools labeled
as failing — it's still entirely possible some of these schools may actually be shut down — Bennett's been hinting at bringing in «
turnaround school
operators» to work with these underperforming schools for months.
Bennett didn't address his plans for the six Indianapolis public schools facing state intervention while in Gary, although introducing a school
turnaround operator in Indianapolis is widely seen
as the option the Indiana Department of Education is most likely to pursue.
So instead of creating quality schools in every neighborhood, what CPS has done is created this two - tier system and actually is closing down,
as you said, neighborhood schools under Renaissance 2010 and replacing them with charter schools and a privatized education system, firing or laying off, I should say, certified teachers, dismantling locally elected school councils, and creating a market of public education in Chicago, turning schools over to private
turnaround operators.
Bennett says he doesn't have a problem with the
turnaround operators cutting a profit
as long
as they're getting results.
School
operators, community organizations, funders, and policymakers will all benefit from understanding restarts
as an important
turnaround intervention for both low - performing district and charter schools.