Takeovers

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School & District Management Race and Takeovers
Districts where state or city officials have intervened and the percent of their students who are members of minority groups:
January 14, 1998
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1 min read
School & District Management Racial Issues Cloud State Takeovers
Racial and voting rights skirmishes are complicating some government takeovers of troubled school systems and raising new questions about the wisdom of such intervention.
Beth Reinhard, January 14, 1998
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8 min read
School & District Management Lawsuits Oppose Mayor's Role in Cleveland Schools

The Cleveland teachers' union and a local chapter of the NAACP made good on their vows to challenge a mayoral takeover of the city's public schools by filing lawsuits last week.

Beth Reinhard, September 17, 1997
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1 min read
School & District Management Mass. Board Moves To Take Over Lawrence Schools

Massachusetts education officials took the first step last week toward seizing control of the Lawrence district, citing its high school's loss of accreditation and a recent audit that turned up potential financial illegalities.

Caroline Hendrie, June 25, 1997
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2 min read
School & District Management Calif. District Takeover Faces Political Threat
If the movie-makers in nearby Hollywood were to turn their cameras toward the Compton, Calif., public schools, they might well name their film, "How Not To Take Over a School District."
Caroline Hendrie, June 11, 1997
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4 min read
School & District Management Conn. Bill To Seize Hartford Schools Passes

Declaring that "the Hartford school district is in a state of crisis," the Connecticut legislature voted overwhelmingly last week to seize control of the state's largest school system.

Jeff Archer, April 23, 1997
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4 min read
School & District Management Plan Tying Increased Aid, State Control of Baltimore Schools Backed
A tumultuous, months-long battle over the funding and management of the Baltimore district ended last week when the Maryland legislature approved and the governor signed a bill that boosts state aid for the city's schools in exchange for unprecedented--and potentially permanent--state control of the poorly performing system.
Jessica Portner, April 16, 1997
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2 min read
School & District Management Justice Dept. Investigates Takeover of Calif. District

Officials at the U.S. Department of Justice confirmed last week that they are reviewing whether California violated the federal voting-rights law when it took over the troubled Compton district in 1993.

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Robert C. Johnston, March 26, 1997
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School & District Management Hartford Seeks State Help in Running Schools
Officials in Hartford, Conn., last week invited the state to assume a greater role in running their city's troubled school district. But they also urged the state to reject a legislative proposal to disband the local school board.
Jeff Archer, March 19, 1997
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3 min read
States Veterans of State Takeover Battles Tell a Cautionary Tale
State officials who have battle scars to show from their efforts to take over local school systems offered some advice to their colleagues last week: Look before you leap.
Lynn Olson, February 12, 1997
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4 min read
School & District Management N.J. Auditors Cite District's Waste, Nepotism

A state review of the Camden, N.J., schools has found a bloated bureaucracy that is misspending at least $32 million, hiring friends and relatives of school officials, and using an unsafe administration building that it may not be legally entitled to occupy.

Millicent Lawton, October 30, 1996
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3 min read
School & District Management Takeovers Threatened, 25 Ark. Districts Address Deficiencies

The Arkansas Department of Education is working with 25 school districts to improve academic or financial problems that, if not solved, could lead to a state takeover.

David J. Hoff, October 2, 1996
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3 min read
School & District Management W.Va. Leaves District Better Than It Found It

West Virginia has relinquished the reins of a struggling school system, leaving behind a rare state-takeover success story: a state-hired superintendent in charge of a system with higher test scores and better management and buoyed by local acceptance.

David J. Hoff, September 18, 1996
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3 min read
States Ill Will Comes With Territory In Takeovers
In a distressed school district on the outskirts of Dallas, federal agents blew through one day this spring like a Texas tornado.
Caroline Hendrie, June 12, 1996
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11 min read
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