Changes in Student Populations and Teacher Workforce in Low-Performing Chicago Schools Targeted for Reform. Summary. Issues & Answers. REL 2012-No. 123 [electronic resource] / Marisa de la Torre, Elaine Allensworth and Sanja Jagesic.

"Turning around" chronically low-performing schools is of increasing interest to educators and policymakers, as highlighted by the U.S. Department of Education's (2010) recent call to rapidly improve the nation's 5,000 lowest performing schools. Yet there is little rigorous resea...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Authors:	De la Torre, Marisa, Allensworth, Elaine Marie (Author), Jagesic, Sanja (Author), Sebastian, James (Author), Salmonowicz, Michael J., 1979- (Author), Meyers, Coby V. (Author), Gerdeman, R. Dean (Author)
Corporate Author:	Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2012.
Subjects:	Urban Schools. Public Schools. Disadvantaged Schools. School Turnaround. Intervention. School Demography. Student Characteristics. Teacher Characteristics. Population Trends. Enrollment. School Closing. Teacher Selection.