In Georgia schools: when takeover becomes 'turnaround'

As 2017 came to a close, Georgia leaders began a novel experiment in school “turnaround.”

Low-performing schools -- “chronically failing” Georgia’s governor used to call them -- had been bedeviling leaders for a long time, at least since President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law, and the resulting mandatory tests clarified the gulf in performance between schools.

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