New plan for Chicago schools sets high expectations
Critics decrying stricter standards
C HICAGO -- The school board has adopted a strict new accountability plan that would place nearly half the city's 600 public schools on academic probation, a move decried by critics as extreme but embraced by officials as necessary to shock the system into higher performance. Chicago public schools have come a long way since former US education secretary William ... (Full Article: 706 Words)
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