This article originally appeared on heartland.org.  A $4.6 billion federal school improvement program aimed at the bottom 5 percent of U.S. schools has at best done nothing for them, and at worst spent money as some schools worsened, new federal data show. The U.S. Department of Education released a report Nov. 21, comparing average proficiency … Continue reading Early results indicate $4.6 billion in school turnarounds a waste

Leaders can???t improve failing schools and many students cannot access high-quality schools.