"Urgency is Needed to Improve our Schools"

Boston Herald Editorial:

It may sound simple, but it helps illustrate the urgent need to change the state’s approach to improving failing schools.

As it stands, the state can deem a school underperforming if students fail to meet minimum standards for two or more years.

Then it’s six months to come up with an improvement plan, another two years to make changes and only then does the state even consider intervening. Meanwhile, another generation spends its most important years in schools that aren’t getting the job done.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 24, 2005 9:38 AM
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