Indiana

Bennett: State Takeover of Failing Schools Possible

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

Citing new data that shows half of Indiana’s students are in failing schools, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett said all options are on the table in order to fix the problem, including a state take over of some schools as prescribed by law.

According to released Adequate Yearly Progress reports (AYP), half of all schools missed AYP.  Bennett said there are more than 167,000 students in schools that have never made made AYP since the law was implemented in 2001.

The State has several options when it comes to dealing with failing schools including replacing staff and administrators, taking over school operations or reduce funds.

You can get a copy of the AYP report by clicking here.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on April 15, 2009 (boomark / email).