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Baltimore charter school advocate is Casey Foundation fellow
Unimpressed with the elementary school in her Baltimore neighborhood, Bobbi Macdonald set out to create her own. She founded the City Neighborhoods Foundation in 2003, the year her oldest daughter started kindergarten and the state of Maryland began...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Philosophy, Schools
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Now's the time to raise the bar for Baltimore schools
As the founder of KIPP Baltimore, which operates two high-performing public charter schools in the city, I am heartened and encouraged by our progress over the past six years under schools CEO Andrés Alonso. As I move to a new role as executive director...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Human Interest, Maryland General Assembly, Students, Schools
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Weber State shows off to Regents
Standard-Examiner, Ogden, UtahWeber State University got its chance Friday to make an impression on the Utah State Board of Regents with recent accomplishments, thriving programs and projects in need of support. The group, which rotates its meetings among campuses of Utah's public...Tags: Students, Colleges and Universities, Schools, Utah Legislature, Education
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School choice advocates vow to return next session
The Montana Standard, ButteWhile advocates of school choice struck out again this year in Montana, failing to enact a bill providing tax credits or any public money for private or charter schools, they say they're not giving up. "We just have to keep working on it," said Sen....Tags: Credit and Debt, Awards and Prizes
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Leesburg church effort to collect 1,000 pairs of shoes for needy kids winding down
LEESBURG — The Rev. John Christian, above right, pastor of the Christian Worship Center, and Tamara Chaplin show some of the shoes donated to Men of Distinction's Walk a Mile in My Shoes campaign. The faith-based men's organization's project is...Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity
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BRIEF: Ivy Academy recognized with Green Ribbon Award
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.Soddy-Daisy's Ivy Academy was one of 64 schools in the nation and among two Tennessee schools to win a Green Ribbon School Award from the U.S. Department of Education this year. The award honors schools for reducing their environmental impacts and...Tags: Schools, Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Education, Health Insurance Cost
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One St. Louis charter school to close, another in trouble
St. Louis Post-DispatchOne charter school announced Friday it will close. Another is fighting to stay open. One year after the Missouri Board of Education voted to shutter the six Imagine charter schools for academic failure, the city faces losing two charter schools for very...Tags: Students, Colleges and Universities, Schools, St. Louis, University of Missouri
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Charter school to open in August
Kokomo Tribune, Ind.Goodwill Education Initiatives will unveil the area's first charter school for high school dropouts Aug. 15 in downtown Kokomo. Contractors are already renovating the school's 101 W. Superior St. building to prepare for the Excel Center Kokomo opening,...Tags: Students, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, Education, Interior Policy
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Leesburg church effort to collect 1,000 pairs of shows for needy kids winding down
LEESBURG — The Rev. John Christian, pastor of the Christian Worship Center, and Tamara Chaplin collected some of the shoes donated to Men of Distinction's Walk a Mile in My Shoes campaign. The faith-based men's organization's project is aimed at...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity
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Colin Woodard's virtual schools report up for 2nd major prize
Portland Press Herald, MaineColin Woodard, a reporter for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, has been named a finalist for a Gerald Loeb Award for his report on the profit motive behind virtual schools that were seeking to open in Maine. The winners will be announced...Tags: Schools, Entertainment Events, George Polk Awards
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State sets hearing dates for online school proposal
A state commission will hold hearings next month as it determines whether to overrule 18 suburban school districts that rejected a proposal for an online charter school. The hearings — one for each of the 18 districts affected — will take...Tags: Schools, Springfield
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School reform doesn't work
In their commentary ("Six steps for post-Alonso school reform," May 14), Thomas Wilcox, Diane Bell-McKoy and Laura Gamble use many lofty and idealistic sounding words to promote their vision. However, it bears noting that education "reformers" are well-...
Tags: Students, Stanford University, Annie E. Casey Foundation, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Education
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