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Re: [xmca] the Chicago Miracle

Why am I not surprised?
mike

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Peter Smagorinsky <smago@uga.edu> wrote:

> Six years after Mayor Richard Daley
> <
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/politics/government/richard-m.-daley-PE
> PLT007475.topic>  launched a bold initiative to close down and remake
> failing schools, Renaissance 2010 has done little to improve the
> educational
> performance of the city's school system, according to a Tribune analysis of
> 2009 state test data.
>
> The moribund test scores follow other less than enthusiastic findings about
> Renaissance 2010 -- that displaced students ended up mostly in other
> low-performing schools and that mass closings led to youth violence as
> rival
> gang members ended up in the same classrooms. Together, they suggest the
> initiative hasn't lived up to its promise by this, its target year.
>
> "We haven't looked at all the data, but our belief is that Renaissance 2010
> dramatically improved the educational options in communities across
> Chicago," said Peter Cunningham, Duncan's spokesman, who followed him from
> Chicago to Washington
> <
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/us/washington-PLGEO100104900000000.topi
> c> . "We believe that it is contributing to Chicago's overall success.
> Renaissance 2010 and Race to the Top both reflect a willingness to be bold,
> hold yourself to higher standards and push for dramatic change, not
> incremental change."
>
>
> http://www.chicagotribune.com:80/news/education/chi-renaissance-2010-17-jan1
> 7,0,3877012.story<http://www.chicagotribune.com:80/news/education/chi-renaissance-2010-17-jan1%0A7,0,3877012.story>
>
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