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L.A. school board approves parent trigger at 24th St. Elementary
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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The board also moved to purchase tablet computers for 31,000 students in the first phase of an ambitious effort to improve technology in schools. And the board approved the first charter for a group of downtown Los Angeles parents seeking to open a
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Green Dot charter group to reorganize Locke High
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Rather than dividing the ninth-grade students among the five, most new freshmen will be placed in a single academy on the campus. One of the schools, Animo Watts, will continue to serve ninth through 12th grade. There will be three 10th-through-12th-
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Charter schools see largest boom since their inception 20 years ago
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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California led the nation in one-year growth, increasing its school count by 81 and its number of students by a whopping 17 percent. Los Angeles County led the state, adding 33 schools. "It's challenging to start a brand-new school even in the best
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Charter-school leaders to speak in Tacoma Saturday
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 5 months ago
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Chan continues to work at the Vaughn Next Century Learning Center in Los Angeles as principal. Other speakers include Marta Reyes, the first state director of the California Division of Charter Schools, and representatives from charter schools in
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Green Dot charter schools founder Steve Barr resigns from board of directors
Inglewood :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago
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Steve Barr founded Green Dot in 1999, starting with Animo Charter Leadership in Inglewood. Over the years the franchise grew to include 18 schools, including Locke High in Watts, which Green Dot acquired in 2007 from the Los Angeles Unified School
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Calif. sees record number of new charter schools
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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California's charter schools continue to grow at a rapid clip with more new schools opening than ever before, an industry association said Wednesday. The California Charter Schools Association said an unprecedented 109 charter schools opened
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School Notebook: What's happening in South Bay schools for Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
Torrance :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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Senior-living facility lease OK'd for ex-school site The Redondo Beach school board last week approved a lease for a senior-living facility on surplus district property at 320 Knob Hill. Virginia-based Fountain Square Development was the winning
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LAUSD, 3 charter groups win grants to develop evaluation systems
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
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Unified, California's largest school system, will receive $16 million, one of the largest grants. But the top prize in dollars, more than $23 million, went to the District of Columbia Public Schools, a system less than one-eighth the size of L.A...
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A High-Poverty School in Watts Gets the Ultimate Makeover
California City :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
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Jordan High School , located in the gang-ridden neighborhood of Watts, California , has historically been known for dropout rates, not for high achievement. Principal Ronnie Coleman of Green Dot Public Schools and a group of dedicated teachers have
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Most area high school dropout rates lower than state average
Torrance :: CA :: USA | 11 months ago
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The figures released by the state on Wednesday generally mirror state and countywide trends, although area schools fared better on average. Specifically, 20 high schools in the South Bay and Harbor Area had dropout rates that are lower than the state
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