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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Test scores offer reality check for Villaraigosa's schools -- latimes.com


Test scores offer reality check for Villaraigosa's schools -- latimes.com:

"The test results arrived at a crucial juncture for the mayor, for the charter school movement and for school improvement citywide. A school board resolution, scheduled for a vote next week, could turn over new schools as well as low-achieving campuses to outside operators, including the mayor and charter schools. The mayor's team already has quietly obtained control of a new Boyle Heights campus, an implied endorsement by the district of his effort at nearby Roosevelt High School."