Andy Smarick's 'The Turnaround Fallacy'

We all have heard that Education is the key to success, but what if the education system has schools that are considered failing? Do we remove the failing school that is failing or do we reform it? According to Karin Chenoweth, author of “It can be done, its being done and here’s how” believes that failing schools can be turned over. On the other hand, Andy Smarick, author of “The turnaround Fallacy”, believes that failing school cannot be turned over and if they did, it cannot be sustained. As a future educator, I believe that failing schools are able to be turned over. Most failing schools are held in urban area in which poverty and the environment are prevalent and affecting the students and teachers. As noted by Joshua Childs’ and Jennifer

I agree with quote, presented by Andy Smarick from the article “The Turnaround Fallacy” because it is true. High-performing school has already set the students for students since the beginning of their educational careers. On the other hand, schools that are trying to become high-performing probably did not but are building up to it. As stated about Smarick, “In 2008, 52 Ohio Schools were forced to restructure because of persistent failure. Even after several years of significant attention, fewer than one in three had been able to reach established academic goals, and less than half showed any student performance gain”. It easy to find statistics of schools but in order to reform we must know why. These statistics do not explain why the schools in Ohio keep failing. As stated by Ronald Heck and Jana Chang from the article, " Examining the Timing of Educational Changes Among Elementary Schools After The Implementation of NCLB”, “states had different accountability systems and assessments, criteria for identifying schools in need of improvement and restructuring differed across the states”.There can be a numerous amount of components in which these schools are failing; poverty, unmotivated teachers and staff, not enough support financially, or an ineffective aid such as No Child Left Behind in that certain state. The suggestion that Smarick suggests is closing its lowest performing five percent of schools and replace them with higher-performing, new schools including public schools”. Smarick claims that the worst failing schools cannot be fixed and to a certain extent I agree. If the condition in which the school are presented are not adequate to those of others school, then the whole school has to change. Let’s assume that the school is broken down, then it is best to close it because it does not help anyone if the school is exterior and interior is damaged. Each