The audacity of HOPE

 
By Brandon Dutcher
Published: August 18, 2008

"There's a tradition in education,” former New York City school chancellor Frank Macchiarola once observed, "that if you spend a dollar and it doesn't work, you should spend two dollars; and not only that, you should give those two dollars to the same person who couldn't do the job with only one.”

As the nearby graphic illustrates, spending more money is no guarantee of success. Nevertheless, the state's most ...


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