. . . Harvard [Elementary on Chicago's South Side] is one of several public schools here to get a top-to-bottom housecleaning in recent years–including replacing the principal and most teachers–in a bid to lift student achievement out of the nation's academic basement. . . . 'It's risky in that it's new and has an untested track record,' says Andrew Calkins, senior vice president at Mass Insight, a nonprofit group focused on school reform, and coauthor of a report on turnaround schools. (Christian Science Monitor, Monday)
There's only one method with a proven track record. . .
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Private Schools in the Inner City by Howard Baetjer, Jr.