The other six groups in the running, including for-profit and nonprofit organizations, offered some details of their proposals. Most of them would start by...
A LINK TO THE FUTURE By Grace Lee Boggs Michigan Citizen, May 1-7.2005 On April 20-21 students at the Catherine Ferguson Academy (CFA) in Detroit assembled a...
Eight of 10 respondents favored an increase in government funding and alternative, small schools as solutions to this escalating problem. According to the...
Also in New Haven, students at Amistad Academy, a charter school with a 97 percent minority population, have outperformed schools in much more affluent areas....
WestEd is seeking input from districts and schools alike to determine appropriate dissemination modes and relevant content for school districts that are either...
SCOT LEHIGH Test of wills on pilot schools By Scot Lehigh | April 29, 2005 IT'S A telling irony. The Boston Teachers Union, through its obstruction, may just...
Since December, the board has taken numerous steps to cut costs by consolidating, merging or closing six small schools for next year, by eliminating some...
One common thread among the more successful early small schools is a core theme or mission. International High School in Long Island City, Queens, which opened...
"When you talk about minimum (size), it almost sounds like you are focused on the small schools, and some believe that some of the large schools are actually...
In SLCs, entering freshmen have teachers and classmates in common in at least two of their academic classes. This program creates a more personalized...
Nathan said the Washburn program could be likened more to a class than that of the "small" school a Small Learning Community attempts to emulate. Nathan said...
U.S. Department of Education: Smaller Learning Communities—Special Competition for Supplemental Reading Program Research Evaluation Purpose: To fund a...
Some legislators question whether small schools have the resources to give students a solid education especially those preparing for college. Others maintain...
Posted on Thu, May. 05, 2005 Nominated by Masterman Principal John Frangipani, the school's Home and School Association officers and faculty members, Pincus...
"The school size is really a major factor for me," said Ben White, an eighth-grader from Dedham. "Here you can have a personal relationship with all of your...
At Crenshaw High School in South Los Angeles, about 1,700 of 2,800 students did not attend — more than a fivefold increase over a normal day. "I am sitting...
Project wish list. Includes building an athletic facility, auditorium and more classrooms to meet the growth of the community; restructuring the school with...
Posted on Fri, May. 06, 2005 EDUCATION Class-size limits will remain after governor's effort fails The governor's bid to send the class-size amendment back to...
Sioux City's high schools need to move toward the Smaller Learning Community concept no matter whether the district receives the implementation grant, said...
Schools participating in the pilot program will convert into "smaller learning communities" of 300 or fewer students in existing high schools and 250 or fewer...
OAS_RICH("VerticalBanner") Survey: High school fails to engage students By Alvin P. Sanoff, special for USA TODAY A majority of high school students in the USA...
The corporate leaders backing New Schools include strong champions of the notion that market forces can, and should, be a driving force behind school...
i am a parent very interested in small school reform and development. my son is currently attending an "all kind of minds" school carrying the dr. levine...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 10, 2005 Advanced high school student forced to get GED after skipping gym Associated Press BOW, N.H. - A decision to take...
Superintendent John Kellmayer is the kind of educator who likes to cite research showing that smaller schools are safer schools. Posted on Tue, May. 10, 2005 ...
"The troubles that arise in high schools are precisely an extension of the lack of intellectual vigor—forget rigor—in the elementary-school curriculum...
Other Winning Equations The Innovators: Some problems call for unique solutions. Here, a few ideas that work. Newsweek May 16 issue - There are many ways to...
Newsweek ranks top 1,000 U.S. high schools This week, Newsweek magazine identifies the top 1,000 U.S. high schools, using a "Challenge Index" based on...
I live in Chicago, so the conditions are very, very poor. I just pulled my kids out of the local public school so that I can homeschool them. The kids hardly...
The positive side of the changes introduced by Klein are on display at Prospect Heights High School in Brooklyn, which had the highest crime rate of any high...
