A Dropout Factory Case Study

1. A dropout factory is a school where they know most of the students will drop out.
2. Failing neighborhoods are due to failing schools. Charter schools in failing areas have higher success rates than public schools, therefore it is not the fault of the neighborhood.
3. A) Tenure is what guarantees a teacher's job for life, no matter how awful they are. B) Bad teachers are allowed to stay in schools even though they don't teach or care about the students. C) The "lemon dance," p.e.p to get rid of a failing teacher, and New York's reassignment centers are all examples of what those schools attempt to do with those problems. These solutions are not effective or else there'd be less failing teachers in schools.
4. A)You apply to a school, they