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  • Charter school takeovers: As York schools near privatization, lessons from New Orleans and Michigan

    January 12, 2015 |

    PennLive |

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    Response Location: United States, York, Pennsylvania

    York schools are considering changing public schools into charter schools, following the example of New Orleans and Michigan, in order to help their crumbling school system. The privatization of these schools can help the facilities become more financially stable, in turn preventing school closures and instability for their students.

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  • A winning model at Tapestry Charter School

    October 11, 2014 |

    The Buffalo News |

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    Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

    Tapestry graduates 93 percent of its students on time, and 80 percent of graduates go on to college in the fall. Its success derives from its autonomy as a charter school and from its idea of forming "crews" of students that act as in-school families.

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  • A charter school that beats City Honors

    October 06, 2014 |

    The Buffalo News |

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    Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

    The Charter School for Applied Technologies has the highest graduation rate in Erie County, despite its predominantly poor, minority student makeup, in large part simply by instilling high expectations.

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  • A Pennsylvania district takes on cyber charters

    May 13, 2014 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Quakertown, Pennsylvania

    The small rural school district of Quakertown in Bucks County has become a national model for how to use technology to transform the public school experience. The majority of students in the district take at least one class online and all ninth graders are given laptops they can take to college when they graduate.

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  • Crime and blight still remain

    February 22, 2014 |

    Fayetteville Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Civic leaders in the U.S. struggle to effectively help their distressed neighborhoods. East Lake, Atlanta, created a replicable model that mixes residents of differing socio-economic status, and focuses on education and health in the area.

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  • Chicago Charter Network Specializes in Dropouts

    May 31, 2013 |

    Education Week |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago's progress in lowering the dropout rate is in part because of a network of charter schools around the city that provide small, alternative programs that specialize in serving students who have dropped out or are considering dropping out of school. "It's like a second home for me," said one student about her experience in such a program at CCA Academy. Teachers with these programs offer understanding and a high level of support and encourage their students to grow.

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  • Where Private School Is Not a Privilege

    May 08, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka

    Bangladesh schools had very low attendance because children were kept home to work and conditions were unsafe for girls, ethnic minorities, and those with disabilities. BRAC, one of the world's largest and most comprehensive NGOs, has built new schools addressing all the reasons, at home and school, that were preventing children from attending.

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  • Reframing the debate over charter schools

    January 05, 2012 |

    PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    Only 19 percent of Latino youth have completed an associate’s degree or higher, with 29 percent of African-American young people having done the same. The Making Waves Academy provides children of minority groups with specific counseling for personal problems as well as improved education to help them have a higher college graduation rate.

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  • Going Big

    September 26, 2008 |

    This American Life |

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    Response Location: United States, Harlem, New York

    Studies show the educational divide between affluent and poor people starts early on, before the age of 3, when children learn cognitive and emotional skills that are difficult to almost impossible to learn later as adults. In Central Harlem, parents were not applying methods that stimulate a child’s early development. So, Geoffrey Canada created Harlem’s Children Zone, an 8-week program where parents learn how to help their children. He also expanded his program to include charter schools. The first group of third graders had reading scores above the state average.

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