How to turn schools around

Back to school
Assistant principal Stephen Taylor welcomes students to Maxfield Elementary School in St. Paul on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010 for the first day of class. Maxfield was identified this year as a "turnaround school."
MPR Photo/Tom Weber

The 30 schools that were identified earlier this year as the state's worst performers have kicked off the school year. What will be different for those schools this year, and what ramifications do those turnaround efforts have elsewhere in the state?

Midmorning discusses the cost and benefits of being targeted as a school that needs improvement.

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