Providence district middle schools have been a big problem for a long time. All are now officially failing under the federal No Child Left Behind law, because all have been “in need of improvement” with “insufficient progress” for more than five straight years. Consider Providence’s Perry Middle School, where in 2006, 60 percent and […]
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Taking Middle Schoolers Out of the Middle
Published by January 22nd, 2007 in Failed Leadership, KIPP, Middle Schools, NCLB and Providence. 1 CommentWell, this is our first post here on the Best for Kids blog, “Passing Notes.” Over the next several weeks, we’ll be blogging in a “private beta” phase to get the kinks worked out. Our goal is to highlight news and events in the Ocean State and across the nation that provide context […]
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