chanel
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Emily Fisher opened 14 years ago and serves some of the states toughest-to-educate children. Almost all of the nearly 400 students are poor and about 40 percent have special education needs. Many failed in other schools: The mission statement includes reaching out to "disruptive" students. There are kids who were incarcerated, and several dozen have children of their own.
But next month, the school is expected to close. The state Department of Education this spring denied a renewal of Emily Fishers charter, due in large part to low test scores, citing a "culture of low expectations" and "little evidence of learning taking place." If the school closes, students will "transition" back to regular Trenton schools.
Kevin G. Welner, a professor of education at the University of Colorado Boulder and director of the National Education Policy Center, said so-called "last chance" or "alternative" schools that enroll at-risk students almost never show high test scores or even strong test score growth, "so it makes little sense to hold them accountable using that standard."
Low test scores outweigh lofty challenges as Trenton charter school faces closure | NJ.com
This article paints a rosy picture of a school that is most likely out of control. However...
There is NO expulsion in the State of NJ. These troublemakers are sent to costly, alternative programs simply to protect the other kids. I don't think outsiders (like politicians) get that.
What to do with the criminals???? Send them back to their regular schools? Scary prospect.
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