"This is not some sort of urban experiment"

NYT Magazine article on "The fragile success of education reform at one middle school in the South Bronx":

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/magazine/mag-10School-t.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha210

The article shows how poverty, numerous underperforming students transferring in, and constantly changing policies together make a school with 60% of students testing at grade level in math and 30% at grade level in English (many are native Spanish speakers) a success story.