Kentucky
The state expands its ‘distinguished educator’ program to districts, including their school boards.
Kentucky, which has a long history of sending skilled educators to the rescue of struggling schools, is expanding that approach to entire school districts.
Seven districts have been working with “voluntary-assistance teams” since early this year. Thirteen more have joined the program for the 2006-07 school year.
Kentucky officials expect that the expertise will help districts head off potential interventions under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, which for districts can include state receivership or even being abolished if they fail to make achievement targets for four...
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