Lowest-performing schools list
Posted: 08.16.2010 at 1:38 PM
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LANSING (AP) -- Michigan education officials are set to reveal a list of the lowest-performing 5 percent of schools in the state.

Schools on the list Monday will have about 90 days to submit a turnaround plan to state officials.

Those that are rejected could wind up under state control in a statewide school reform district. Michigan's academic reform office could end up in charge of several individual schools or several schools within a district, depending on whether improvement plans are accepted or rejected.

The school takeover plan is one of several changes signed into state law earlier this year.

For more information click on the Michigan Department of Education.

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