Ed Week's Article, “A Kentucky High School Gears Up Amid Building Pressure for Change”, is the first report in a series that will chronicle the transformation of Shawnee High School in Louisville, KY over the 2010-11 school year. While the principal was retained, at least 50% of the HS staff must be replaced as defined by the Dept. of Education’s turnaround model.

  This week’s EdWeek profiled a Massachusetts high school, M.C. Durfee, and its march toward improved graduation rates and cultural renovation (http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/06/10/34suburban.h29.html?tkn=UMUFgg6gxdvwya%2BRnkRGMNAn7ARw5aeicTs3&cmp=clp-edweek).   

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