Failing schools list is final
Posted in Turning around failing schools
The schools on the list are supposed to comprise the 5 percent of “persistently lowest performing schools” in need of drastic intervention. They’ll be eligible to apply for federal School Improvement Grants of between $150,000 and $6 million over the next three years.
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Stanford-run charter on ‘worst’ list
Posted in Charters, State Board of Education, Turning around failing schoolsStanford University’s School of Education has a distinguished faculty, and its alumni are outstanding teachers, principals and nonprofit leaders.
But this week it acquired a dubious distinction – and a bit of a comeuppance.Stanford New School, the combined charter K-8 and high school that the graduate school of education operates in East Palo Alto, was designated among the 5 percent of persistently lowest performing schools in California. It is one of 188 schools, including eight charter schools, that face restructuring – or closure.
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But this week it acquired a dubious distinction – and a bit of a comeuppance.Stanford New School, the combined charter K-8 and high school that the graduate school of education operates in East Palo Alto, was designated among the 5 percent of persistently lowest performing schools in California. It is one of 188 schools, including eight charter schools, that face restructuring – or closure.
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Draft common core finally is out
Tags: Common Core, Hoachlander, WurmanPosted in Common Core standards
California got its first glimpse Wednesday of draft common-core standards in math and English language arts that, sight-unseen, the Legislature has put the state on a path to adopting this summer.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell immediately praised the “rigorous” draft standards as “well organized to give a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn … to succeed in both college and the workforce.” And a number of national organizations, from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to the American Federation of Teachers, endorsed them.
But others expressed caution and criticism, particularly about some of the math standards and sequence of learning them. Among those was Ze’ev Wurman, a high-tech executive from Palo Alto who helped develop California’s standards and assessments in the mid-1990s.
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Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell immediately praised the “rigorous” draft standards as “well organized to give a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn … to succeed in both college and the workforce.” And a number of national organizations, from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to the American Federation of Teachers, endorsed them.
But others expressed caution and criticism, particularly about some of the math standards and sequence of learning them. Among those was Ze’ev Wurman, a high-tech executive from Palo Alto who helped develop California’s standards and assessments in the mid-1990s.
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