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Posted: 9:27 AM May 11, 2009
Obama Wants To See 5,000 Failing Schools Close
President Barack Obama wants to see 5,000 failing schools close and reopen with new principals and teachers over the next five years.
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President Barack Obama wants to see 5,000 failing schools close and reopen with new principals and teachers over the next five years.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan says kids have only one shot at a good education. He told The Associated Press on Monday that chronically underperforming schools need a new start.
The administration wants to spend $5 million to facilitate school turnarounds, which could translate to $1 million for every school that is closed and reopened. Much of the money is already approved: The federal school turnaround program gets about $500 million a year, and the stimulus legislation boosted funding to $3.5 billion. The various school districts themselves would have to actually order schools closed.
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The article states: "The administration wants to spend $5 million to..... which could translate to $1 million for every school...." One of these numbers is wrong, it must be $5 Billion. Also, if these 5000 school are closed, where will the students go for them to be "turned around" and then "reopened?" Many of the districts that have problems with student achievement already have over crowding and very large classrooms. This will just exacerbate that situation until the schools are re-opened.
