Friday, June 25, 2010

School Is Turned Around, but Cost Gives Pause - NYTimes.com

School Is Turned Around, but Cost Gives Pause - NYTimes.com

Locke High School in Los Angeles has seen significant progress since it was taken over by a charter school group in 2008, but the gains have come at a considerable cost.

New Strategy Announced to Improve City Schools

Eleven of the city’s 34 struggling schools will be the first to have new teacher evaluation laws in a transformation model.
Students completed a reading assignment at the Hebrew Language Academy, a charter school in Brooklyn.

Success and Scrutiny at Hebrew Charter School

Hebrew Language Academy in Brooklyn, which focuses on Jewish traditions and Israeli culture, has become one of the most racially mixed charter campuses in the city.

Senator Calls for New Rules for For-Profit Colleges

Senator Tom Harkin said at a hearing that new rules were needed to prevent waste of taxpayer money and fraudulent practices that harm students.
Don Q. Griffin, the chancellor of City College of San Francisco, presides over a campus split by a furor over remedial classes.

At City College, a Battle Over Remedial Classes for English and Math

A dispute over the length of remedial classes for English and math has sharply divided City College of San Francisco after a trustee proposed shortening the classes.
Thanks to a charter high school and his own hard work,  Shantell Hopkins, second from left,  received his diploma on June 14.

Good Data for Charters, but Some Urge Caution

Charter schools financed by the Renaissance Schools Fund graduated their first high school classes this spring, and their college enrollment figures are high.

Rethinking District Plan on Condoms in Schools

Was the school district in Provincetown, Mass., really planning to dole out condoms to third graders?