A recent article in ‘Education Next,’ a journal on school reform published by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and the Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance at the Harvard Kennedy School, reports that progress in the Baltimore City Schools has stalled. The root of the problem? The authors point to a central office that failed to support school leaders’ new autonomy. See the article, below, “Incomplete Reform in Baltimore: A shift in authority to school leaders falls short,” to get the full picture. – The Eds.

By Betheny Gross and Ashley Jochim

Five years ago, Baltimore City Public Schools seemed on the brink of a breakthrough. The district had been freed from mayoral control after more than a century, and a high-energy superintendent was leading bold moves to de-emphasize central administration, give schools greater autonomy, and engage families in a revitalized portfolio of educational choice.

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