Sentences with phrase «persistently failing programs»

In Louisiana, the state can shut down persistently failing programs, although none has reached that point.

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But they designed and then implemented a program that did the same things that had disappointed when they were called «comprehensive school reform,» «restructuring,» «reconstitution,» or something else — give more money to the very districts running the persistently failing schools and ask those districts to implement a list of mandated interventions.

For some time now, I've been giving the Department a hard time about not releasing enough data on the performance of the SIG (School Improvement Grants) program — I'm trying to hold them accountable for the Secretary's talk of turning around 5,000 persistently failing schools over the course of five years.

Thus, any hint of even experimenting with school choice has been vigorously attacked, a notable example being Florida's program of exit vouchers, which permitted students stuck in persistently failing schools to try to find some way to save themselves through an alternative school.

Smarick's «urban school system of the future» would be structured to ensure that high - performing schools are continually replicated, new schools with a diverse array of program offerings are continually opened, persistently failing schools are closed, and family choice is maximized.