Proposed Federal ‘Turnaround’ Money May Be a Waste

Written By: Sarah McIntosh
Published In: School Reform News
Publication date: 04/12/2010
Publisher: The Heartland Institute

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As the Obama administration proposes at least $900 million in new school “turnaround” money to aid states in improving failed schools, a new report asks whether schools ever change.

According to the study by the Brookings Institution’s Brown Center on Education Policy, the answer is no.

The study published in March by the Washington, DC-based think tank sampled 1,156 schools in California that offered an eighth grade in 1989 and the year 2009. Researchers then compared the test scores from both years. Little had changed in two decades, they discovered.

Read my previous post on American Education and you will identify with what I wrote and what this article is stating - WE NEED TO CREATE COMPETITION AMONGST OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND INCORPORATE A VOUCHER SYSTEM TO WEED OUT THE BAD SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS! We need a stricter evaluation system to ensure the teachers comply and we need to highten our educational standards - how about an all year school - how about getting rid of the middle managers (Superintendant...) gove that money back to the schools!