Document Type

Brief

Publication Date

3-12-2015

Keywords

Academic distress

Series Title

Office for Education Policy

Series Number

Volume 12, Issue 04

Abstract

Education leaders throughout the country are working to identify successful strategies for turning persistently low performing schools into successful schools. One strategy undertaken in Louisiana, Michigan, and Tennessee is the creation of a unique school district for the most academically distressed schools. In this brief, we review the programs in other states and examine House Bill 1733, which proposes the creation of such a district in Arkansas for schools or districts in academic distress

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