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Direct linkAarons, Dakarai I. – Education Week, 2010
Talk of "turning around" troubled schools has become synonymous with firing educators, but a nonprofit organization in Chicago with a successful track record takes a different approach. In 2006, Strategic Learning Initiatives (SLI) signed a contract with the Chicago public schools to help 10 schools serving grades K-8. More than 95…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Nonprofit Organizations, Low Income Groups, Disadvantaged Schools
