News, data and conversationCity education officials say they plan to give an update in October on the 24 struggling schools they wanted to close and re-open over the summer. Those schools are working to improve student achievement, and are eager to recover from the “turnaround” stigma.
Now that New York State has a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law, it’s identified over 700 schools that must plan improvements – but they will have more flexibility over their funds. A total of 354 of the schools are in New York City.
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