Charlotte M Murkland Elementary School in Lowell, MA, is a success story, which the media has chosen to ignore. That explains why you’ve not heard about it before now. “Why,” you ask?
Apparently, the reason is quite simple. Murkland did not use the turnaround model so loved by media pundits. It created its success in quite another way. In a way that proves that public schools can, indeed, reform themselves. In a way that mirrors the successes of 27 Washington State “School Improvement Grants” (SIG) schools. And that’s a story media pundits do not want told.
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The parallel between Murkland Elem School and Washington state’s SIG schools is a valuable lesson. Looking into the 27 Washington state SIG schools, which SPI Randy Dorn has said have out shown virtually all 1700 of the nation’s SIG schools, will reveal stories similar to Murkland. And they share another commonality; you’ve heard little or nothing about them. They deserve to become part of your educational reform lexicon.