DPI - What is a failing school in WI? Another view @ TED

Carol Dweck: The power of believing that you can improve

Wisconsin District and School Performance Reports

Are these the real reasons?  I went looking for demographic and economic data in these reports - did you find any?  There seemed to be a little hint of it and some attention to "special groups of students."

Let's think about this!
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MJS: Milwaukee voucher school closes after DPI bars it from program

... The nonprofit running the schools is headed by CEO Dorothy Travis Moore and her daughter, Executive Director Wilnekia Brinson.

Both are paid six-figure compensation packages, according to their organization's federal tax filings. Meanwhile, current and former employees have complained to the state and to the Journal Sentinel of lacking textbooks and other adequate classroom materials and resources to help children learn.

They also complained that Travis Moore has regularly employed teachers without bachelor's degrees — the state requires teachers at voucher schools to have degrees — while employing family members with dubious job titles and responsibilities. ...

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