But some parents may like the idea of keeping a child away from what they see as a troubled high school.

All three principals were new to running troubled high schools.

The scores also say nothing about the city's largely troubled high schools.

I have seen them turn around troubled schools in my state.

The program places them where teachers are most needed, often in troubled schools.

The program recruits people with no teaching experience to work in troubled schools.

If a principal is taken out of a troubled school, where will he or she be placed?

This is a significant turn around for the once troubled school.

Others, he said, could be teachers in troubled schools or mentors to children.

Over the next two months, eight assessment teams in Chicago will work with the troubled schools.