February 6, 2012
Collaborative Approach Gaining Favor as Strategy for Deep-Seated Problems
Courtesy of Project U-Turn
Philadelphia’s Project U-Turn has increased the number of high-school graduates in the city, in part because of a $1-million foundation grant.
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Courtesy of Project U-Turn
Philadelphia’s Project U-Turn has increased the number of high-school graduates in the city, in part because of a $1-million foundation grant.
Paul Schmitz has been a nonprofit executive in Milwaukee for 18 years, and in that time he has seen dozens of education groups set up shop and quickly start touting their accomplishments. But their work has not done much to rally city leaders and others to do what it takes to fix education problems. In 2010, Wisconsin’s black fourth graders had the worst reading scores in the country largely because of weak performance in Milwaukee.
Yet Milwaukee has made impressive progress in
