It’s a similar story to what we’ve heard in Fort Worth—repeated years of failing at campuses requiring the state to take action.

Hanging right on the wall of the library of Lucille Collins Middle School was a chart with clothespins. The pins each had the name of a student, and were clipped next to the words Masters, Meets, Approaches, or Did Not Meet, referring to scores on state tests of academic expectation. The majority of the clothespins were on ‘Did Not Meet’ in almost every category.  

“I saw evidence of significant practice that will result in learning, I saw evidence of significant challenges, I saw good examples and bad examples,” said Morath of his tour of the school.

Out of six schools, five are failing, according to a letter NBC 5 obtained from the Education Commissioner. Be

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