U.S. Department of Education Videos Highlight Successful School Turnarounds

U.S. Department of Education Videos Highlight Successful School Turnarounds - Online video profiles illustrate where turnaround models are working to improve underperforming schools. "The Obama administration is making an historic commitment to support state and local education leaders in turning around the nation’s lowest-achieving schools. The U.S. Department of Education is providing $4 billion for this effort. To qualify for this funding under the Title I School Improvement Grant program, states must identify their lowest-performing schools in economically challenged communities and transform those schools using one of the four prescribed intervention models."