On Saturday morning in San Francisco, Justin Cohen and I continued our ongoing debate about turnarounds, this time in front of a group of education writers (superb principal Nancy Guzman was also on the panel, which was ably moderated by WSJ’s Stephanie Banchero).

You can get a sense of my comments here (as accurately recorded by several tweeters in the audience). Justin reflects on our conversation here; I totally agree with his take–the more open, rational debate about this stuff, the better.

For those looking for a fuller explanation of our divergent views, Justin has written in favor of turnarounds here, here, and here; my case against can be found here, here, here, and here.

This weekend’s developments in Rhode Island show just how timely and important this discussion is.

–Andy Smarick

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1. School Improvement Fund
2. Turnaround Event
3. Turnaround conversation