Turnaround "Experts" to be Investigated by Congress

Congress to Investigate School Turnaround Companies

By Dakarai Aarons on August 18, 2010 12:57 PM

Questions have been raised about some of the companies chasing the $3.5 billion in Title I School Improvement Grants to target the bottom 5 percent of America's schools, and now Congress is jumping in the act.

As The New York Times pointed out in a recent story, some of the companies certified by states as school turnaround partners have no experience actually improving the fortunes of low-performing schools—or any school, for that matter...  http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2010/08/congress_to_investigate_school.html