I am principal of Mountain Shadows Middle School and we have had SLC aka academies since 1995. Declining enrollment and subsequent budget cuts have hurt our...
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LA Times Commentary
Sep 1, 2004 1:00 pm
"My hard work at a classroom-based charter school gets clumped in with distance-learning charters and home schools," said Steve Barr, who runs five small,...
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Tacamo, WA
Tribnet.com
Sep 1, 2004 1:00 pm
District officials considered a 1,500-student model in keeping with educational research favoring small schools, but decided it was more cost-effective to...
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Denise Wolk
Denise_Wolk@...
Sep 1, 2004 1:00 pm
Larry The middle schools in Yonkers, NY have been engaging in "SLC" like conversions for the past couple of years through the Secondary School Redesign program...
Rocky Mountain News Mapleton blazes trail in high school reform By Nancy Mitchell, Rocky Mountain News August 31, 2004 A small district north of Denver is...
Hello All, The Colorado Children's Campaign is also looking for effective schools serving low-income kids in the middle grades. We are interested in finding...
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Amy Berfield
aberfield@...
Sep 2, 2004 2:27 pm
Hello, First, a big ³hello² to Steve...I haven¹t seen you in years, but trust you are doing well. I¹m living in Los Angeles and working in the charter...
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Mike Oliver
mloliver@...
Sep 2, 2004 2:28 pm
Hello Larry, I also teach at a middle school with LAUSD (Olive Vista MS). I, as well as all those I have spoken to, are in agreement with one crucial fact. We...
I know of New Enterprise School in DC Charter. Nancy Doda -- Nancy Doda, Ph.D. Associate Professor National-Louis University 10363 Steamboat Landing Lane ...
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Steve Jubb
sjubb@...
Sep 3, 2004 1:08 pm
Amy: It is great to hear from you. I am well and busy beyond belief! OUSD has six new small schools opening this week ‹ four high schools, a middle school ...
We have had SLC for 8 years and due to econmic issues, they are not as strong as they once were. WE are curerntly looking at how we can continue with a SLC...
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sep 3, 2004 1:11 pm
Small schools, big changes Thursday, September 02, 2004 The lesson of high schools' recent strug gles to break up their buildings into smaller academies is...
The Denver Post perspective: improving education in colorado High schools in trouble By Jared Polis and Pat Hayes Denver Sunday, August 29, 2004 - Graduating...
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Tash, Larry
larry.tash@...
Sep 4, 2004 5:14 pm
Steve, ] How do we reach Debbra Lindo as her work is a match to the work I am doing in Los Angeles and I would very much like to communicate with her. Thanks, ...
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Small Schools
smallschoolsworkshop@...
Sep 4, 2004 5:14 pm
Education researchers who focus on charter schools, some of whom rely on the survey for their work, said the change would limit what they could learn about...
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
Sep 4, 2004 5:14 pm
www.suntimes.com Duncan cited North Kenwood-Oakland Charter School, operated by the University of Chicago's Center for Urban School Duncan Duncan cited North...
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Small Schools
smallschoolsworkshop@...
Sep 7, 2004 12:54 pm
E3 already has chosen eight large high schools, including Liberty High in Hillsboro and Marshall High in Portland, for million-dollar grants to help them...
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With video stream
WTOL 11--TOLEDO
Sep 7, 2004 12:55 pm
FOR WTOL 11 TV VIDEO NEWS STORY GO TO: http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=2240780&nav=5UaiQS3m Scott and Libbey High Schools Grow by Getting Smaller TOLEDO...
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Small Schools
smallschoolsworkshop@...
Sep 7, 2004 12:55 pm
The scheduling system is complex and only partly automated, according to Charles T. Thompson, the school system's chief technology officer. For high schools,...
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BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL
Sep 7, 2004 12:56 pm
Teachers and staff members also are more visible, students said. Two "small schools" for 700 students are up and running, and two more are planned for 2005....
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Contra-Costa Times
Sep 7, 2004 12:56 pm
Oakland district looking for small school principals The Oakland school system is looking for top-notch, energetic educators to lead a new wave of small...
*** note, this is what's going on with a gates grant in columbus. i am in the "Legacy" school. Woo! 3 schools in 1 Something had to change at Brookhaven High ...
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Small Schools
smallschoolsworkshop@...
Sep 8, 2004 2:08 pm
Published: Saturday, September 4, 2004 Teachers seek high school changes A petition signed by 47 East faculty members asks that theme-based academies be...
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Small Schools
smallschoolsworkshop@...
Sep 8, 2004 2:09 pm
Diane Griffin, NAACP executive board member, was involved in some small schools planning and heard a lot about schools where the small schools concept was in...
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Small Schools
smallschoolsworkshop@...
Sep 8, 2004 2:10 pm
DAILY PLANET By next year nearly half of Berkeley High students are scheduled to attend four autonomous schools inside Berkeley High, all of which must reflect...
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WASHINGTON POST
Sep 8, 2004 2:11 pm
Parents, students and community leaders said they wanted a regular public high school that looked and operated like a small college, with all students...
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Dallas Morning News
Sep 8, 2004 2:18 pm
Many large high schools are using the grants to organize into smaller schools, where students typically take most of their classes with the same group of...
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Susan Harman
susanharman@...
Sep 9, 2004 2:21 pm
... My favorite Newspeak quote of the day. Susan ... Published: Saturday, September 4, 2004 ... Teachers seek high school changes A petition signed by 47 East...
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elin richardson
elinejr@...
Sep 9, 2004 2:22 pm
Unfortunately, as is the case with most "innovations" in Toledo Public Schools, there has been little and no teacher training. We now have three schools on...
