Florida's 'List of Shame' ShrinksAs Legislators Hail Improvement

By Kerry A. White

A substantially trimmed-down annual list of Florida's academically troubled schools was released to much fanfare in Tallahassee last week.

State leaders hailed the news as an indication that new and focused efforts to improve reading, writing, and mathematics achievement are paying off.

The list of "critically low-performing" schools--158 schools strong three years ago--shrank to just three this year, from 30 last year. All are elementary schools--two in Miami-Dade County and one...

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