New report floating about that purports to address the most “troubled” schools in the city:

The remaining 23 schools – the worst performers – would get academic coaches, increased support personnel and resources, principals who work year-round rather than on the district’s regular 10-month calendar, and more time for training and planning, among other benefits. The model for these most troubled schools was created by the district in 2002 and yielded good results until the program office for them was disbanded a few years ago.

Nothing here about empowering the teachers who actually come to work each day in these buildings. Why a “coach” when you could have more teachers? Why support personnel when you could have more teachers? What exactly is “more time to plan” ? Is that code for bringing in more well-paid consultants?