Check out the Minnesota New Country School in Henderson, MN. You can see some of what they are about by visiting www.mncs.k12.mn.us and/or www.edvisions.com ....
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jill herman
jill.herman@...
Jun 3, 2002 11:42 am
hi-i'm starting a school for kids released from prison. i am especially interested in literacy methods or curriculum and people who have started schools for...
... Posted on Mon, May. 06, 2002 How elementary schools would measure up One size doesn't fit all, under a plan recommended by the Fayette County schools...
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Michael Klonsky
MikeKlonsky@...
Jun 3, 2002 11:49 am
http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-000034268may15.story?coll=la%2Dnews%2Dlearning IN THE CLASSROOM Not Fancy, But a Prep School All the Same Children at...
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Michael Klonsky
MikeKlonsky@...
Jun 3, 2002 4:03 pm
FROM U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT "Today, the American dream is being shattered for so many kids because their schools are so big and so highly tracked," says...
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT Some 70 percent of all high schoolers now attend schools of 1,000 or more students; a sizable subset goes to schools of 2,000 or more....
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Ron Newell
rnewell@...
Jun 4, 2002 5:00 pm
The only towns close to Henderson (which only has a population of 900) are St. Peter, Belle Plaine, Gaylord, Arlington - all small (St. Peter is best chance -...
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Ron Newell
rnewell@...
Jun 4, 2002 5:00 pm
Linda, You may wish to check out the Gates-EdVisions schools. All of them utilize a project-based methodology that inherently involves parents on the choices...
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Susan Harman
susanharman@...
Jun 4, 2002 5:00 pm
Ron-- Can you give more explicit directions to the pictures? I looked but couldnt find anything. Thanks. -- Susan...
Sharon, Here is the website address of a helpful organization on your topic (if you have not researched it already). The address is www.csos.jhu.edu. Click on...
Thank you for your response. Susan Florin was kind enough to email me at length from the MNCS. I believe we are going to try to get back to MN this summer to...
Contact Dr. Dan Wallace at the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk (CRESPAR). They have a Talent Development High School model and...
Dear Friends: "This is the first time I’ve had something so important to participate in. It seems like I now know much more than most kids at my school --...
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Michael Klonsky
MikeKlonsky@...
Jun 5, 2002 5:41 pm
They said they didn't want their children to leave a successful school program in a small rural setting with a diverse student population -- roughly one-third...
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Michael Klonsky
MikeKlonsky@...
Jun 5, 2002 5:41 pm
Posted on Wed, Jun. 05, 2002 Gates' cash to fund 5 new schools BY PAUL TOSTO St. Paul Pioneer Press Five small high schools offering specialties from...
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Michael Klonsky
MikeKlonsky@...
Jun 6, 2002 12:29 pm
Hooker, Hartford's smallest school (198 students), will be shut down, even though it made tremendous improvements in its Connecticut Mastery Test scores this...
Does anyone have any information as to when the announcements for the SLC grants will be made? I am aware that their website now says in June. I am becomming...
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Steven Zemelman
szemelman@...
Jun 6, 2002 12:31 pm
Khalilah Nugent asked about help with advisories for small schools. One of the best, most articulate experts, in my experience, is Nancy Doda, who teaches at...
Jill - I know relatively little about them, but Edwin Gould Academy ( www.edwingouldacademy.org <http://www.edwingouldacademy.org> ), Friends of Island Academy...
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Sandra Waterhouse
SWaterhouse@...
Jun 7, 2002 1:35 am
Sorry to be so uninformed, but what is SLC? I am with the Depart of Labor and am always interested when I see the word "grant". Thanks, Sandra ... Does anyone...
Sorry I wasn't clear. Fell into that trap of NOT using words....... SLC is Smaller Learning Communities. It is a federal grant. here is the federal website ...
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Ppskris@...
Jun 9, 2002 8:58 pm
A few weeks ago someone posted a request for info. on personal learning plans for middle school students. I took the liberty of passing that request on the...
He is establishing five new small schools out of three existing ones--Bowen, Orr and South Shore--to generate smaller class sizes and better coordination among...
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Ron Newell
rnewell@...
Jun 10, 2002 1:05 pm
One of our replication sites resides in downtown St. Paul - Avalon Charter School. You can contact Andrea Martin at amartin@... to learn more. ...
"Many of the schools were the hearts of the community, Ms. Beeman said, as they opened their doors to hold all sorts of community events." ... Old black...
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Ron Newell
rnewell@...
Jun 12, 2002 1:51 am
Sorry - go to visions for the future page and hit on the third slide presentation entitled "Minnesota New Country School." Good hunting. Ron ... From: Susan...
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Joe Nathan
jnathan@...
Jun 12, 2002 1:52 am
For the last 30 years (yes, 30), the public, 500 student k-12 (public) St. Paul Open School has started each academic year with a family/student/teacher...
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Patricia Halle
PatH@...
Jun 12, 2002 2:46 pm
Joe- I am especially interested in the article you mentioned. Please send ASAP. In Baltimore a parent/community/teacher working group that is part of the...
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Francie Lindner
LindnerF@...
Jun 12, 2002 3:24 pm
Hi Khalilah, As it turns out we are delivering a summer Institute on Advisories in Providence RI on July 29-31, 2002 as part of the Northwest Regional ...
May 2002 New small schools picking their leaders by Rachel Rosenblit A principal and three teacher leaders have been named to run four new small high schools...
