One of the poorest cities in America was succeeding in an education turnaround. Is that now in peril?
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 14, 2023
By many measures, schools here made big gains under Gordon and the ambitious 11-year effort to overhaul the education system that he helped create. The effects of poverty on education make further gains a daunting challenge. Covid put the district’s gains in jeopardy. Performance on state tests tumbled 24 percent.
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