The number of applications, as of the beginning of the week, had already exceeded the total number of
borough students placed in the program for the 2014 - 2015 school year.
If increasing numbers of school districts pursue collaboration and begin to see the kinds of improved
student outcomes experienced in
places like Cincinnati, Springfield, and Hills -
borough County, the tide may at last turn toward a more productive approach toward school reform — one that is ultimately better for
students than the disappointing fads of the past.