Baltimore Schools Lose In Court — Ruling Favored Charter Schools
Patricia Hawke
In 2005, City Neighbors and Patterson Park Public, two charter schools in Baltimore, appealed the Baltimore schools’ per student funding formula to the state board. The board ruled in their favor, and the Baltimore schools appealed the board’s decision in...
New York Schools Announce 228 High Schools in Need of Improvement
Patricia Hawke
Of the 946 high schools within the New York schools, 228 have been identified as needing improvement under federal and state rules, according to an announcement made in mid-September by the New York schools. All schools within the New York schools are hel...
Ohio Schools Question Perfect Attendance Reports of Internet Schools
Patricia Hawke
The Ohio schools have had state-funded, online charter schools for a few years. Students do their work over the Internet from their homes or other sites. They can work anytime but must log 920 hours per year for perfect attendance.With some Internet schoo...
New York City Schools See Large Success With Small Schools
Patricia Hawke
New York City Schools started converting many of its massive high schools into smaller, thematic schools in 2002. The 2006 graduates who were the first students in New York City Schools to have spent their entire four-year high school experience in the sm...
Florida Schools Flying High On Last Year’s Middle Schools Success
Patricia Hawke
The 2005-2006 school year was a tremendous success for the Florida schools, especially at the middle school level. The Florida schools’ educators across the state worked hard to improve student academic achievement levels and were rewarded for their effor...
San Francisco Schools’ Small Schools Program
Stacy Andell
San Francisco Schools’ Small Schools are EffectiveThe Small Schools program in San Francisco Schools was established back in 2000. One successful example of a small school is the San Francisco Schools’ Leadership High School. This high school has a total of...
Pittsburg Schools’ Magnet Schools Programs
Stacy Andell
Pittsburg Schools Holds a Magnet School Information FairThe Pittsburg Schools is holding an Information Fair aimed at providing parents with the information they need to provide their children with the best opportunities. The Pittsburg Schools’ Magnet Infor...
Las Vegas Schools Open New Schools and Hire New Teachers
Stacy Andell
New Schools Equal New HiresLas Vegas Schools have ten new schools opening for the 2006-2007 school year. Nine are brand new schools, while one is a replacement of Rancho High School. This is part of a long term plan to meet student population demands and cr...
The Virtual Schools Of Tomorrow Are In The Florida Schools Today … With More On The Horizon
Patricia Hawke
The kindergarten through 8th grade virtual school was created in the Florida schools in 2003. It was sold to lawmakers as a great way to save money, offering coursework to replace on-campus teachers and classrooms at a savings of $700 per student. Only st...
Charlotte Schools Team Up With Local Businesses to Improve Schools
Stacy Andell
Office Max Donates Funds to Charlotte SchoolsOne Charlotte Schools ’ member started off the school year with a big boon. Nations Ford Elementary School has received a $5,000 donation from Office Max. This donation is linked to the opening of a brand new Off...
Charter Schools In Boston Are Urged To Join Boston Schools System
Patricia Hawke
In an unprecedented move in April, the Boston schools launched an initiative to convert all the charter schools within the city over to their school system as pilot schools. The move was in response to the millions of funding dollars lost each year for th...
Take Stock in Children College Scholarships for Orlando Schools and Seminole County Public Schools
Stacy Andell
Take Stock in Children College Scholarships for Orlando Schools and Seminole County Public SchoolsBy Stacy Andell for www.schoolsk-12.com An Overview of the Take Stock in Children College Scholarship Program Take Stock in Children is a statewide scholarship...
California Schools’ Audit Shows Excessive Spending and Overpayments to Chain of Charter Schools
Patricia Hawke
Superintendent of Instruction for the California schools, Jack O’Connell, initiated an audit more than a year ago into the fiscal concerns of the Options for Youth and Opportunities for Learning (OYO) schools. The OYO is a chain of independent study chart...
Indianapolis Schools Work With Their Communities To Improve Schools
Patricia Hawke
One Indianapolis Schools’ Elementary School Gets New PlaygroundParkview Elementary School 81 will receive a new playground on October 2nd but the work has already started. An asphalt lot will be a brand new playground thanks to the Allstate Foundation and...
Three Dallas Schools Make Newsweek’s Best 100 High Schools List – Tag High School Is #1!
Patricia Hawke
In their May 8, 2006, issue, Newsweek listed their Best 100 Public Schools across the nation. They ranked the schools using a ratio of the number of Advanced Placement (AP) and/or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students within a school, di...
