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School options offered earlier.
Jul. 11--School officials in Berkeley and Charleston counties are letting parents know sooner than ever whether their children will be eligible to attend a higher performing school this year.
Students who are zoned to attend low-income and underachieving schools can transfer to another school under the federal No Child Left Behind law.
Berkeley parents received letters in May listing their options, and those who want to request a transfer must do so by Friday. This year's deadline is several weeks earlier than last year's. The state Department of Education released preliminary data about schools that would be required to offer choice ahead of schedule, and that enabled the earlier timetable, said Sheldon Etheridge, Berkeley's director of federal programs.
Charleston school officials let parents know their options in March and set an…
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- Primary schools still without classrooms, teachers: Survey.
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...percentage of both single-classroom schools as that of schools without a classroom has marginally declined from the previous year, says the survey. It also says nearly 29 per cent of schools imparting elementary education...
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- Schools in a rush to get rid of pop.
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...midst of a two-year study of the city's small schools. District data...down into smaller schools within the same...in their first year under the new model...are up again this year. Still, the results...with its small-schools plan, said Reumann...
- Charter schools: a model for comprehensive school reform.
- Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal Hovenic, Ginger April 28, 2003 700+ words
...to create a forum for charter schools throughout the region to network...of how to run their respective schools to improve student achievement. This year, the consortium is concentrating on how charter schools can use testing data more effectively...
- Schools close doors on open classrooms.
- Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) July 2, 2007 700+ words
...distinctive round shape. Soon after the schools opened in Seminole and other Central...s fling with open-classroom schools, putting them in the same bag with education fads such as year-round schools, whole language instruction and...
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- Newspaper article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) February 27, 2007 700+ words
...three failing high schools -- Frederick Douglass...outside takeovers last year. Each would establish...fought vehemently last year when the state tried...control of 11 failing schools -- including Douglass...graders at the five schools failed the state...and math tests last year. The ...
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