The essence of this policy brief's recipe to fix failing urban schools: close failing schools, open new charter schools, give principals control of their budgets, let parents choose schools, replicate great schools, repeat.
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Close failing schools, open charter schools and replicate great schools
Policy Brief 87
Lisa Snell
March 15, 2010
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