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Improving the Odds for Failing Schools

Topics: Education   Subtopics: Charter Schools and Vouchers, No Child Left Behind

May 11, 2011

Authors: Gordon A. MacInnes

Publisher(s): The Century Foundation

Type: Issue Brief

In this new issue brief, Gordon A. MacInnes writes that the renewal of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the Race to the Top are opportunities for Secretary Arne Duncan and President Barack Obama to treat the problem of concentrated poverty with the persistence, flexibility, and patience it calls for. Download the issue brief.



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