The Tough Realities of School Turnaround in Tennessee
Tennessee is breaking ground on how it addresses its lowest-performing schools by employing both district-led (iZone) and state-led (Achievement School District) turnaround efforts. Very early results show both promise and concern—and illustrate how incredibly hard school turnarounds can be. A new analysis by Ron Zimmer and colleagues at Vanderbilt’s Peabody School of Education examines the […]