Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday proposed two education initiatives: a new way for local communities to “take over” failing schools and an effort to quickly clear the entire backlog of school construction projects statewide.
Hogan (R) called it “the next chapter of education reform in Maryland.”
To help persistently failing schools, Hogan pitched a “takeover” plan modeled off the Innovation Schools program in Massachusetts, which invites local businesses, parents, teachers and community leaders to propose ways to alter the curriculum, extend school hours or enact other reforms to bring up failing test scores.
Rather than have the state take over low-performing schools, Hogan’s proposed Community and Local Accountability for Struggling Schools Act — or CLASS Act — would put reform choices into the hands of local leaders.
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