School transfers rare in Conn under 'No Child' law - StamfordAdvocate


School transfers rare in Conn under 'No Child' law - StamfordAdvocate
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — More than 120,000 children are eligible to transfer from their struggling Connecticut schools to better schools this fall, but there's no mass exodus in the making.
Many parents are finding that even when they try to transfer their children under provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind law, neighboring schools often aren't performing any better — and if they are, they often don't have space for newcomers.
Education improvement activists say the promise of transferring to a better school is a fundamental flaw in the No Child law, disappointing parents when they discover the roadblocks to making such a switch.

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