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This Charter School Gives K-6 Students Jobs, Adult Responsibilities
NewsRobin White Goode16 Dec, 2017
Last week I spent a morning at the Jersey City Global Charter School, a unique K-6 school serving 385 pupils. I left with a sense of hope for the future.
JCGCS employs an… Read more
Milwaukee Excellence Charter School is Backdrop for New Anti-Bullying Music Video
NewsJonathon Gregg12 Dec, 2017
A Milwaukee activist is helping several young artists create an anti-bullying music video, and they want every student in the country to see it. The Milwaukee Excellence Charter… Read more
In Boston, Fight to End Homelessness Moves from Street Corner to Classroom
NewsStory Hinckley06 Dec, 2017
This week, Sashanna Stewart and her second-grade daughter, Saniyah Henry, have something they’ve never had: their own bedrooms.
Ms. Stewart works as a housekeeper for… Read more
A ‘Portfolio’ of Schools? How a Nationwide Effort to Disrupt Urban School Districts is Gaining Traction
NewsMatt Barnum06 Dec, 2017
Several years ago, Indianapolis Public Schools looked like a lot of urban school districts. The vast majority of students attended traditional public schools, though enrollment… Read more
Inside the Best Public School in America — a Charter School That Feeds Prodigies into the Ivy League
NewsMelia Robinson06 Dec, 2017
Basis Scottsdale, a charter school in Arizona, is the best public high school in America.
It dates back nearly 20 years, to when two economists struggled to find a school that… Read more
Most Pregnant and Parenting Students Don’t Graduate. Here’s How One Rhode Island High School Is Helping Its Teens Beat the Odds
News05 Dec, 2017
She’s only 17, but Gionna Martin works harder than many people twice her age.
Martin is a full-time high school senior and a teen mom. The sole provider for herself and her 11-… Read more
The Four Factors Behind Newark's Education Turnaround
NewsLaura Waters05 Dec, 2017
New Jersey is a fragmented and complicated state, splintered into 565 municipalities and even more school districts. Newark is its microcosm, a byzantine culture of powerful ward… Read more
One-stop shop: 14 Baton Rouge Charter Schools Agree to Common Application Process
NewsCharles Lussier05 Dec, 2017
Families shopping for a school in Baton Rouge have a new tool: a web portal where they can apply to as many as 14 independent charter schools in the Capital City.
Charter School Focuses on Students in Rural Poverty
NewsLivi Stanford05 Dec, 2017
It all begins with a song Mandy Johnson sings to her third-grade students to help them remember key math concepts.
“Area is two squares inside,” she sings. “What is the perimeter… Read more
Minnesota Schools With Low-Income Students Are Beating the Odds
News01 Dec, 2017
A statistical analysis reveals high-poverty schools that did better than would be expected on standardized tests.