More schools in Md. replacing staff after failing NCLB marks

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More schools in Maryland are replacing most or all staff when they fail to meet No Child Left Behind’s annual, rising standards, according to a study released Friday.

The number of Maryland schools choosing to replace staff has nearly doubled in the past three years, from five to nine schools, and it will become the most popular method for improving failing schools if the trend continues this year, according to the study by the Center on Education Policy, an independent, Washington, D.C.-based think tank.

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