CPR: News Story | School Board OKs Hmong Academy

CPR: News Story | School Board OKs Hmong Academy

SCHOOL BOARD OKS HMONG ACADEMY

Sacramento will soon have a charter school designed to improve the test scores of children in the local Hmong community. By: Steve Milne Fri Mar 19, 2010 Listen Aired 3/19/2010 on All Things Considered Aired 3/19/2010 on Morning Edition (Sacramento, CA) On Thursday night, the Sacramento City Unified School District Board voted to create the Yav Pem Suab Academy. Dennis Mah is president of the Urban Charter School Collective…a group formed to lobby for the new school. He says Hmong children continue to have the district’s lowest test scores.