Behind the Headline: In Blow to Bloomberg, City Must Keep 19 Failing Schools Open
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In Blow to Bloomberg, City Must Keep 19 Failing Schools Open
07/02/10 | The New York Times
Behind the Headline
The Turnaround Fallacy
Winter 2010 | Education Next
A state court has ruled that New York City’s plan to close 19 schools for poor performance is illegal because the public was not given enough information about the ramifications of the closings. In an article that appeared in the Winter 2010 issue of Ed Next, Andy Smarick argued that school districts should close persistently failing schools rather than trying to fix them.
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So — assuming that the identification “failing” schools is unambiguous — I guess this demonstrates the incompetence of the Bloomberg/Klein team insofar as they failed to meet the minimal legal requirements to carry out their plans?