As K'Von Williams illustrates, DeLaSalle Education Center transforms young lives. Unfortunately, Missouri uses a one-size-fits-all accountability model to evaluate public schools. Because DeLaSalle serves only dropouts and at-risk students, it cannot so easily mask its students' performance like other alternative high schools across the state, which count their students' scores with the overall district. Missouri should reform its public school accountability system so that more students like K'Von get a second chance at receiving a quality education.
Education
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Brittany Wagner
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About the Author
Brittany Wagner
Brittany Wagner was an education policy research assistant at the Show-Me Institute. She focused on school choice, local control, and school personnel issues. She grew up in Saint Louis and graduated from Pepperdine University in 2010 with an undergraduate degree in political science. After earning a master of arts in teaching degree from Fontbonne University, she taught social studies and science in the Hancock and Rockwood school districts. Talk Topics:1. School Choice 1012. Missouri Teachers’ Unions and Collective Bargaining3. Private School Choice in the Show-Me State4. School Board Reform5. Alternate Charter Schools and Accountability Reform
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