Ed Source – Michael Janofsky
“A private education reform group in Los Angeles, Great Public Schools Now, on Wednesday announced plans to increase the number of “high-quality public schools” within 10 communities where students attend “under-performing schools.” The effort is the latest iteration of a plan unveiled a year ago by the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, which focused on doubling the number of charter schools in L.A. Unified, the largest school district in California and home to more charters than any other school district in the country. But the plan announced this morning shifts the focus away from charter schools exclusively to using private grants to replicate successful schools of any type, including traditional district schools, with a goal of drawing 160,000 students away from schools that are struggling.”(more)