New York, Boston Grant Some Schools More Flexibility
Leaders of the Boston and New York City districts have announced that some of their high-performing schools will be rewarded with greater flexibility over regulations and budgets.
In Boston, 26 schools have been named "effective-practice schools" for having raised student test scores and successfully implemented the district's improvement plans. In New York, meanwhile, two charter schools on the verge of folding have agreed to renounce their charter status in exchange for entering a "learning zone" that will give them similar freedoms, but more money.
"This is the inverse of charter schools, where you give flexibility and see results," said Tim Knowles, the 63,500-student Boston district's deputy superintendent for teaching and learning. "We're getting results...
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