Texas is encouraging its districts to replace failing schools with in-district charters called “partnership schools,” operated by nonprofits with significant autonomy. Philadelphia and Camden, N.J., call their equivalent “renaissance schools.” There are now dozens of school districts moving in this direction, and if we want effective urban schools, that number should swell into the hundreds. Those schools should use their flexibility to shift to personalized systems that continually check for learning gaps and help students fill them.
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