School reform legislation passed in June allows the district to implement a longer school day in the fall of 2012 with or without the union's agreement, and CPS officials have said they would do that.
In 2010, leaders on Beacon Hill crafted the Achievement Gap Act of 2010, the most
ambitious school reform legislation since the historic Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993.
Panelists will discuss a forthcoming report that examines the influence and approach of advocacy organizations in three states that recently enacted or
considered school reform legislation: Louisiana, Tennessee, and North Carolina, as well as the implications of a new methodology designed to accurately measure the influence of individual advocacy groups.
Was
the school reform legislation created so suburbs don't get failing school status?