Failing schools: Should we cut our losses?
Student Tiandre Turner makes his way to class at Whitney Young High School in Chicago, September 19. John Gress/Reuters
By Stephanie Simon and James B. Kelleher, Reuters
By just about any definition, Walter H. Dyett High School has failed.
Just 10 percent can pass the state math exam; barely one in six is proficient in reading. The technology lab is so ancient, some of the computers still take 3-inch floppy disks. More teens drop out than graduate.
Yet when the Chicago Board of Education announced plans to shut the place down, it sparked a community uprising… Read More
This article was written by John Gress