It's National Charter Schools Week, and I thought this would be of interest to some members of this listserv. For those of you who've already gotten this...
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Michael Klonsky
mklo@...
May 6, 2000 5:26 pm
Reinventing High School More than 1500 educators, federal and state policymakers, parents, students, and community and business leaders will come to ...
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Dick Platkin
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May 8, 2000 4:25 pm
Donna, I received more detailed information this event mailed to my house. Do you have any contacts in DC who might be familiar with it and who could...
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Michael Klonsky by w...
ssw@...
May 8, 2000 6:12 pm
As you can see from the preliminary conference agenda, small schools will play a major part. Those of you who are interested in touching base with small...
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Dick Platkin
rplatkin@...
May 8, 2000 8:03 pm
My apologies to members of the list for having broadcast a personal e-mail regarding the Reinventing High School conference. Dick Platkin...
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Michael Klonsky
mklo@...
May 9, 2000 12:31 am
http://www.latimes.com/cgi-bin/print.cgi LA Times Home | Archives | Print Edition | Home Delivery | Advertise | Site Map ... News Politics Entertainment music...
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Michael Klonsky
mklo@...
May 9, 2000 12:31 am
http://www.edweek.org/ew/ew_printstory.cfm?slug=35middle.h19 5/10/00 -- Huge Middle School Tries To Feel Small -- Education Week May 10, 2000 Huge Middle...
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Michael Klonsky
mklo@...
May 9, 2000 12:59 am
Sunday, May 7, 2000 Faced With Overcrowding, Official Seeks to Multiply Mini-Schools Principal: Plan to put all N. Hollywood High students in small programs...
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Michael Klonsky
ssw@...
May 9, 2000 2:46 pm
http://search.newschoice.com/AngTr_storydisplay.asp?story=d:\inetpub\wwwroot\newsarchives\angtr\fpg\20000507\253178_t1as207.txt Story Oakland may copy New York...
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Michael Klonsky
mklo@...
May 10, 2000 2:20 pm
A very important piece of research by several people at NYU has just been published. A version of it has been available on the Web for several months, but...
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David Bensman
dbensman@...
May 10, 2000 4:55 pm
Article Abstract:Stiefel et al. - High School Size: Effects on Budgets and Performance in New York City (EEPA, Vol. 22, No. 1, Spring 2000)My study of the...
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Michael Klonsky
mklo@...
May 13, 2000 5:29 pm
President Clinton Touts Education Reforms in Owensboro, Ky., School ... Story Filed: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 1:47 PM EST May 4 (Lexington...
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Michael Klonsky
mklo@...
May 17, 2000 1:32 pm
This study, based only on one standardized test score is filled with contraditions. How can an elementary school of 1,200 kids be "ideal" if the same study...
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monica rodriguez
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May 17, 2000 8:34 pm
... Not only that, but it claims that "by the time you're 15 or 16, you can survive big schools." Try telling that to the students of Columbine or the many...
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Robert Durkin
r_durkin@...
May 17, 2000 9:47 pm
Monica, I agree Bob Durkin ... http://click.egroups.com/1/4128/1/_/127574/_/958595668/ ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? ...
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Michael Klonsky
mklo@...
May 18, 2000 10:34 am
I thought you might find the debate around the school referendum in Cross Plains, Wisconsin (just outside of Madison) interesting. This issue faces communities...
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Olivia Mulcahy by wa...
ssw@...
May 19, 2000 7:20 pm
Here is an interesting web page for a small school in Canada. It includes a "Small School Issues" section (addressing "Building Schools & Communities,"...
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dennis guikema
dguikema@...
May 20, 2000 11:13 am
Here is info regarding a Smaller Leaarning Communitities Grant Program passed on to me by a friend. Peace, Dennis Guikema TITLE: SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES...
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Michael Klonsky
mklo@...
May 21, 2000 6:59 pm
Smaller Learning Communities Teleconference On June 8, from noon to 1:30 p.m. ET, the Department will host a satellite workshop on applying for smaller...
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Michael Klonsky
mklo@...
May 21, 2000 7:00 pm
Reinventing High School Conference The deadline for registering for the Reinventing High School national conference held in Washington, D.C. on June 14-16 has ...
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Michael Klonsky
mklo@...
May 21, 2000 7:00 pm
Charter Schools Grants This month the Department awarded grants to New Mexico, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina to support the start-up and development...
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ssw@...
May 24, 2000 6:41 pm
The following article was selected from the Internet Edition of the Chicago Tribune. To visit the site, point your browser to http://chicagotribune.com/. ... ...
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Michael Klonsky
mklo@...
May 26, 2000 11:31 am
New York City created a critical mass of good small schools, networked to each other, with substantial autonomy, legitimacy, standing, and influence in the...
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smallschools@egroups....
May 26, 2000 3:32 pm
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Connections School Celebration Date: Friday, June 2, 2000 Time: 3:30PM - 5:30PM UTC (GMT+00:00) Happy...
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small schools by way...
ssw@...
May 26, 2000 7:44 pm
Congratulations to all who have worked for the past two years to create the small schools policy in Oakland! Last night the school board voted to unanimously...
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Michael Klonsky
mklo@...
May 27, 2000 9:58 am
http://www.aypf.org/forumbriefs/2000/fb041400.htm Smaller Schools and Learning Communities Smaller Schools and Learning Communties: The Wave of the Future? A...
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Michael Klonsky
mklo@...
May 27, 2000 10:40 am
Small schools and small classes achieve more. Many of the report's schools are small. One, for instance, has only 152 students in seven grades; another has 285...
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Michael Klonsky
mklo@...
May 27, 2000 10:42 am
http://newsweek.com/nw-srv/issue/12_98a/nw_980323_055_1.htm SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL? Newsweek; U.S. Edition - March 23, 1998 SOCIETY: EDUCATION SEPARATE AND...
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Michael Klonsky
mklo@...
May 29, 2000 1:14 am
The first—and perhaps most critical—element needed for effective character education programs is personalization, or human-scale schooling. Smaller...
