5 providers outline their Renaissance plans
by Dale Mezzacappa on Mar 17 2010
Five of the six successful Renaissance applicants – all but Universal, which did not respond to interview requests – talked to the Notebookabout what schools they were interested in managing and what they thought they brought to the table.Several of the 14 potential Renaissance schoolshave more than one suitor among the six approved outside providers, while others, at least publicly, so far have none.
All but one plan to convert their school to charters.
The partnership between Johns Hopkins University and Diplomas Now wants to work within the District as an Innovation School model. In that case, while at least half the faculty would have to be replaced, the teachers ultimately hired would remain District employees and union members.
Superintendent Arlene Ackerman has said she wants four to six of the 14 schools
