In Philadelphia, for example, which has experimented with outside management of
schools for over a decade, the new SIG funding is helping to fuel difficult changes through the Renaissance Schools Initiative, which identifies chronically low - performing schools for both internal turnaround and overhaul by external organiz
schools for over a decade, the new SIG funding is helping to fuel difficult changes through the Renaissance
Schools Initiative, which identifies chronically low - performing schools for both internal turnaround and overhaul by external organiz
Schools Initiative, which identifies chronically low - performing
schools for both internal turnaround and overhaul by external organiz
schools for both internal
turnaround and overhaul by
external organizations.
The series includes a guide to help district and state leaders choose the best restructuring option for each
school, updated in a 2nd edition released in 2009, and white papers identifying what we know from research about when the first four restructuring options under NCLB work: reopening as a charter
school, contracting with
external providers,
turnarounds with new leaders and staff, and state takeovers.
As one of [our]
external providers, the CST has helped our state with initiatives toward making a
turnaround effort with differentiated support for
school -, complex -, and state - level leaders.