Figure 2 from "The Road to Autonomy," Snapshot of Partnership Schools
The goal of the District of Columbia Public Schools’ Partnership Schools program is to turn around the lowest performing schools by turning management of the schools over to outside school management organizations with a track record of success. These organizations are granted additional exibility in staf ng, budgeting, and instruction, with the exibility in staf ng and scheduling written into the latest D.C. teachers union contract. In 2009–10, three high schools were turned over to two management organizations, Friendship Public Charter Schools and Friends of Bedford. In 2010–11, one elementary school was turned over to Scholar Academies, a management organization that operates charter and turnaround schools in Philadelphia.
