Susan, and others, My suggestion is to contact Cesar Chavez Charter in Pueblo - or learn more about them on the New Schools Venture fund website. Cesar Chavez...
After reading many postings regarding small schools conversion, I cannot help but to wonder why the hard questions never get asked. Messages range from finger...
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National Career Acade...
Mar 1, 2006 2:15 pm
st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } Could you share this information on you SSW yahoo list serve? SAVE THE DATE National Career Academy...
Hello Myrna, Could you please send me a sample "contract." Thank you. Gamal www.ProgressEd.org myrna@... wrote: Hello, Pat, Charter schools...
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Rethinking Portland
Mar 1, 2006 2:15 pm
Word around Madison High This fall, Madison High School in Northeast Portland split into three personalized, smaller learning communities in an effort to bring...
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Bob Pearlman
Mar 1, 2006 2:16 pm
New Research Study Shows New Technology High School Students Achieve Postsecondary Success The New Technology Foundation is pleased to share with you a new...
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SFGate.com
Mar 1, 2006 2:17 pm
BAY AREA Online discussion about transformed high schools - Nanette Asimov Sunday, February 26, 2006 Colleges have a selfish reason for getting involved in...
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Cresyl Nevado
Mar 1, 2006 2:18 pm
The Shame of the Nation featuring Jonathan Kozol Some children in Illinois get a great education, but thousands more can't ... just because of where they live....
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Denver Post
Mar 2, 2006 11:05 am
diane carman | staff columnist Manual was abandoned at rebirth By Diane Carman Denver Post Staff Columnist DenverPost.com The teachers,...
Manual High School dialogue picked up in the blogosphere FROM: THINK:LAB BLOG Tipping Points for Small Schools Movement? Been aware of the dialogue...
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Gary Lichtenstein
gdlqed@...
Mar 2, 2006 11:07 am
Greetings, I was Director of Research and Evaluation at the Colorado Children's Campaign (the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation intermediary) from 2002-2004, the...
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Richard Bradley
Mar 2, 2006 11:57 am
Summary of Comments from Interviews – 11/10/03 Conducted by Richard Bradley, Ph.D. The John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy, The Ohio...
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Chicago Sun-Times
Mar 3, 2006 1:30 pm
Closing some schools opens opportunities February 21, 2006 BY ARNE DUNCAN obligation to better serve students in underperforming schools.--> In the last...
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Joe Nathan
jnathan@...
Mar 3, 2006 1:31 pm
One of the comments that Dr. Bradley reports is that Manual was closed in June 2000 and opened in August 2000 as three small schools. I do not know if this is...
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Chicago Sun-Times
Mar 3, 2006 1:32 pm
Vaughn blamed increased problems on a larger number of students, including 300 new over-age eighth-graders this year. The school has 2,400 students. High...
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Mar 3, 2006 1:32 pm
Ninth-grade academies, year-round schools, "clusters" of K-8 elementary schools and small secondary schools that will allow students to go from kindergarten...
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SouthBoston.com
Mar 3, 2006 1:33 pm
According to Haskell, the school department, already working with Brown University to break its large schools into smaller learning communities, will be able...
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Charlotte Observer
Mar 3, 2006 1:34 pm
All three use the small size as a factor, but the key to their uniqueness lies in the program they will offer students. Smaller schools are not the answer By...
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NY TIMES
Mar 3, 2006 1:34 pm
Everyone knows that private schools outperform public.Not so fast. A recent study by the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana has concluded that when you...
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Fast Company
Mar 3, 2006 1:36 pm
The Gates Effect With about $29 billion in assets, nearly three times those of the next largest private foundation, Gates brings unprecedented clout to the...
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mar 6, 2006 11:47 am
Small schools in high schools Sunday, March 05, 2006 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the nonprofit KnowledgeWorks Foundation, the Ohio Department of...
Susan, I would also suggest that you contact King Urban Life Charter School in Buffalo, NY. Very similar story to yours, with a happy ending. Their scores...
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Michael Klonsky
smallschoolsworkshop@...
Mar 6, 2006 11:48 am
Small schools staff, students and advocates, Student voices in small school decisions is in the news in the heartland of America. Small schools and democratic...
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USA TODAY
Mar 6, 2006 11:48 am
The study suggests communities support "different schools for different students," a nod to efforts already under way by the Gates Foundation, which has poured...
Dear Fellow School Reformers-- I've followed the Manual discussion over the past few weeks, and while I've had passing acquaintance with the effort there, I'm...
Dear People with power and other Educators, I know about beginnings; I know about foundations; I have been in rooms of hundreds of people when senior officers...
Gary, Thanks for the excellent summary of events leading up to the development of Manual. I hope that Nancy and Santo will also share their perspectives. I...
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Dallas Morning News
Mar 7, 2006 12:10 pm
Holly K. Hacker: Of a mind to rethink high school 05:39 AM CST on Monday, March 6, 2006 American high schools are broken, if you believe a relentless...
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mar 7, 2006 12:11 pm
The district is getting help from the Regional Transit Authority, the community partner chosen to assist in keeping district residents engaged in small...
High schools must make studies more relevant Posted by the <http://www.app.com/> Asbury Park Press on 03/5/06 BY SANFORD I. WEILL AND JOHN J. FERRANDINO ...
