“The funding difference that they get under that circumstance is about $1,800 per kid. So that pays for the program in perpetuity. So that is now the model those five schools have.”
Bill Zeeble / KERA News
Logan's one of five Fort Worth ISD schools that became a Leadership Academy, benefiting the kids.
From KERA:
It began as an experiment more than four years ago in a handful of struggling Dallas schools. Now, the ACE program —for Accelerating Campus Excellence — has blossomed into a turnaround program well beyond Dallas. But these programs are pricey. Can districts afford them in the long run?
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