Post: Feds spent $7 billion to fix failing schools, with mixed results

By Lyndsey Layton and Emma Brown

EdCircuit Staff November 13, 2015 0 minutes read

By Lyndsey Layton and Emma Brown

A national program that pumped a record $7 billion into failing schools — and became one of U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s signature policies — has yielded mixed results, according to a new federal analysis released Thursday.

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