I've long been a fan of small schools, and there's much to admire in the 200 new small high schools that New York City has created since 2002. But there's a dark side as well. A new report (disclosure: I am one of the authors) shows that the success of the small schools came at the expense of remaining large schools that serve mostly poor kids.
When the city closed large, failing high schools to make way for new...
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