Extractions: Washington Scholarship Fund is now accepting D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program applications for the 2006-07 school year. If your child is currently attending a D.C. public school and will be entering kindergarten through 5th grade in 2006-07, please click here for more information on how to apply. New! More Than 1,700 Enroll Through Opportunity Scholarship Program Bolstered by overwhelming demand for scholarships, the federally funded D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program has filled to capacity at the beginning of its second academic year and has met all the needs of its federally mandated evaluation. The Washington Scholarship Fund announced Sept. 19 that 1,705 students have enrolled for the 2005-06 school year at 59 non-public D.C. schools through the federally funded school choice program. Download the press release PDF and read the story in the Washington Post Find a List of Participating Schools
Visit To The District Of Columbia S Charter Schools The washington charter school serves ninth and tenth grades and is It will certainly be a source of information that I will mine in the future. http://www.aypf.org/tripreports/1999/tr051799.htm
Extractions: Community Academy Public Charter School The first school visited was The Community Academy Public Charter in Northwest, DC, with Fonda Sutton, the school’s director and Kent Amos, founder of The Urban Family Institute and driving force behind the Academy. Amos gave the philosophical background for the school’s creation, which comes from his experience with the violence and crime that claimed the lives of several of the children who he has mentored and taken into his family. Amos is committed to "creating a world where children plan for college, not for funerals." In his charter school, children are respected for their abilities, helped with special needs and encouraged to achieve. According to Amos, the school has to look at the substantive difference between how they educate a child and how they prepare him/her to be a citizen in their community. The Community Academy is a neighborhood-based, multiple campus charter that offers primary through secondary education. Next year they will add another site in another location within the city. Currently a Pre K-7 grade school, the Academy is preparing to accept classes of students that will bring enrollment to 4,000, up to grade twelve. A nine-member board of community members monitors the school. The school seeks to offer children a ‘nurturing village’ experience by including social services and education to family members. Sponsors of the Academy hope to create a neighborhood in which "families have the resources necessary to realize their potential, individually and collectively." This goal, they believe will best allow a child to reach his/her full potential and become a responsible adult who actively pursues lifelong learning opportunities.
Shark Blog: Charter Schools For Washington For more information on the washington charter school legislation, visit the Educational Excellence Coalition. If you live in washington be sure to contact http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/001357.html
Extractions: Current Events, Smarter Investing and Fatherhood Main December 18, 2003 Charter Schools for Washington It's well documented that charter schools often succeed where ordinary public schools have failed. See for example, last week's article in the Rocky Mountain News , which reports that many of the top performing schools in Colorado are charter schools that set high standards. (hat tip: Joanne Jacobs All across the country, public school bureaucrats and teacher union treasurers are soiling their underpants when they read such news, as they contemplate a mass exodus of students, teachers and dollars from the failing public school monopolies to independently run, higher functioning and largely non-union charter schools. Forty of the fifty states permit charter schools. Teacher union pressure has so far prevented Washington students from having access to charter schools. This may soon change, as the state legislature will consider a bill in January to permit charter schools. After several years of trying, it looks like the bill will pass this session, but it will be close. Unfortunately, the newly inaugurated
American Prospect Online - ViewWeb Hoxby includes no information on family background of the charterschool students, in washington, which represents charter schools and sponsored the ad. http://www.prospect.org/web/view-web.ww?id=8638
Extractions: Harlem Educational Activities Fund - a not-for-profit supplemental education and youth development organization that identifies scholars in middle school and supports them until they are successfully admitted to four-year colleges through a variety of after-school, Saturday and summer programs. Partnership for After-School Education provides technical support to schools and community agencies. The website lists locations of programs and what they offer. Police Athletic League sponsors numerous after-school and summer programs. Program locations are listed by borough with contact information. The After-School Corporation sponsors and funds programs in public schools. Its website shows map of districts and schools where they are located. YMCA has extensive after-school program options, some of which are free.
Humboldt County Office Of Education Crescent City (washington Blvd.) Mattole Unified school District (707) 8252428 Principal Chris Hartley. charter school information http://internet.humboldt.k12.ca.us/charter_sch.php
Information For Visitors - Codman Academy Charter School Codman Academy charter school, 637 washington Street information for Visitors Ireland s Minister of Education visits CACPS Codman Academy has hosted http://codmanacademy.org/main/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page
Charter Schools: What School Boards Need To Know washingtons new charter school law will take effect June 10 unless sponsors of a Full Text of HB 2295 (PDF File). OSPI charter schools information. http://www.wssda.org/wssda/WebForms/En-Us/News/NewsArchive/20040421_charters.asp
Extractions: Monday thru Friday Charter schools: What school boards need to know Updated April 23, 2004 In just a few weeks, school boards in Washington could start getting applications from groups that want to set up charter schools in their districts. While there are still unanswered questions about the legislation that allows charter schools, one thing is clear: School board members need to be prepared to carry out their roles and responsibilities under the law, especially if they decide to approve a charter school application. "As of now, the charter bill is state law and WSSDA is making preparations for its implementation on June 10," said association executive director Martharose Laffey. "We recommend that school boards take the same approach so they’ll be ready if charter school applications are submitted." Under the new law (HB 2295), applications to create a charter school must be submitted to the school district board of directors, which is designated the charter "sponsor." As such, the school board must decide whether to accept the application (or provide a written explanation for rejecting it).
Free Press Special Report: Back To School - #47 Sept/Oct 00 I729 would introduce charter schools into the state of washington. For registration information, call the washington State Association for http://www.washingtonfreepress.org/47/school.html
Extractions: opinion by Christina Barry In November, you will be asked to vote on I-729, a statewide initiative bankrolled by the Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen and currently being handled by the public relations firm Gogerty Stark Marriott. This is clearly not a grassroots, all volunteer effort. You are not alone if you have scarcely heard of this initiative. So far, it's been kept largely under wraps. You can see the full text of the initiative on the internet at: www.secstate.wa.gov . I-729 would introduce charter schools into the state of Washington.
Extractions: @import "/styles/markup-nonNS4.css"; Skip to Left Navigation Skip to Main Content get a library card? find a book? renew a book? reserve a book? reserve a PC? research a topic? find a job at NYPL? volunteer for NYPL? support NYPL? rent space? order/license images? learn to read? learn English? find events? find exhibitions? find classes? connect with wireless? When the Fort Washington Branch celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1989, several well-known personalities, including Henry Kissinger and journalist/author Edwin Newman, fondly recalled how important the branch was to them as teenagers. Among the many other noted residents this branch has served are Lou Gehrig, Maria Callas, Ralph Ellison, Marianne Moore, and Jacob Javits. Built with funds donated by Andrew Carnegie, Fort Washington opened to the public in April 1914 in its present location, two blocks east of the George Washington Bridge. Today the branch continues to be a valuable resource to the community. It houses the largest collection of reference materials in northern Manhattan and has book collections in Spanish, Russian, and other languages available for borrowing. Book collections for adults, teenagers, and children available for borrowing
Extractions: Civil rights supporters' criticism of the charter school movement overlooks the fact that most charter schools have been established in poor, minority neighborhoods and are attended disproportionately by poor, minority students. Brown v. Board of Education A 2003 study conducted by The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University found that in 2000-2001, minority students accounted for only 41 percent of students in public schools nationwide, but composed 57 percent of the student body at the nation's charter schools. The study also found the largest disparity to be among African-Americans, who compose only 17 percent of the student population at the nation's public schools, but 33 percent of the student body in charter schools. "This striking fact should inform our views about the nature and purposes of alternative educational spaces such as charter schools," says Brown-Nagin, author of "Toward a Pragmatic Understanding of Status-Consciousness: The Case of Deregulated Education" in the Duke Law Journal. Tomiko Brown-Nagin "In light of the socio-historical context in which charter schools have developed, it seems that the kind of outright opposition to the movement that has been expressed by so many friends of civil rights is counterintuitive and misguided."
Extractions: PhD candidate, Department of Political Science, SUNY-Stony Brook DOES CHARTER SCHOOL COMPETITION IMPROVE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS? Of the many school choice initiatives spreading throughout the country, charter schools are by far the most common. As of January 2000, over 1,700 charter schools serving more than 350,000 students have been created in nearly 40 states. That these schools are popular among parents can be seen by a simple fact: approximately 70 percent report having waiting lists. However, its critical to remember that despite the rapid growth of charter schools, nearly 90 percent of American children continue to be enrolled in traditional public schools. Since this distribution of students across sectors is likely to change only modestly in the foreseeable future, we believe that one of the most important issues of the many raised by the charter school explosion is the extent to which charter schools affect the behavior of traditional public schools by competing with them for students.
Extractions: Under Secretary for Management Bureau of Human Resources Family Liaison Office Resources - Publications and Related Links ... Education and Youth This paper contains a listing of public school options in the Washington, DC area. For comprehensive and current information on schools and programs, please contact the school district directly. International Baccalaureate (IB) programs in Washington, DC area public schools are listed below under Choices for High School. Non-public school links are also listed below. In some districts, all students coming from foreign areas are referred from the neighborhood school to a central registration office. To avoid this confusion, Foreign Service families returning from overseas should tell schools they are U.S. citizens. For statistical information on schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia, visit the Virginia Department of Education's School Report Card . This web page provides individual school report cards by pulling down the list of counties, then schools. A variety of demographic and statistical information helps to paint a portrait of a school, including programs within that school. It is worth noting that not all of Virginia's excellent schools have a highly-recognizable name. Therefore, when looking for a home, ask your realtor for a printout of the multiple listings, which list the neighborhood schools. The School Report Card will allow you to compare information about schools.
School Of Information Alternative Spring Break 2004 Two Rivers Public charter school. firsttime ASB host newly chartered Two Rivers Public charter school in the Capital Hill neighborhood of washington, http://www.si.umich.edu/pep/asb/2004/dc10.html
Extractions: see tworiverspcs.org Three SI students spent their week helping to establish Media Center and Information Technology Services at the newly chartered Two Rivers Public Charter School in the Capital Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Because the school had yet to move into their building, students worked in a board member's basement. After acclimating to the unusual work environment, the students were able to make a real difference in the future policies and practices of the school. Eboni Curry and Kelly Tyler 's major projects in Media Center Development included writing a collection development policy, a guide for material selection, a reading list for elementary students, in addition to researching and a writing grant proposal. Matthew Dull created user interface design mockups for the school's Student, Application, Hiring, Donation, and Personnel databases. He also made recommendations on improving the use and design of Excel spreadsheets. The three students also worked together to design a lending system for books in each teacher's classroom.
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Extractions: Home Newsletter Embassy News Contact Us ... Bahrain International Circuit Bahrain Convention Exhibition Bureau Join our e-List Issues In Focus World Press Photo Exhibition Opens August 19, 2005 . Four Envoys Take Oath Of Office August 17, 2005 . His Majesty the King, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, yesterday received at Safriya Palace Bahrain's newly-appointed ambassadors to Japan, Dr Khalil Hassan, to Jordan, Nasser Rashid Al Kaabi, to the US, Dr Nasser Mohammed Al Belooshi, and to France, Dr Hashim Hassan Al Bash, who took the oath of office. HM the King congratulated the ambassadors and wished them success in bolstering relations between the Kingdom and the countries where they head the Bahraini diplomatic mission. The Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain offers its sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family, leaders and people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the passing of His Majesty King Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz al-Saud after a long illness. May he rest in peace. August 1, 2005 . HM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa sent cable of condolences to Sudanese President Omar Al Basheer over the death of Vice President John Garang and a number of his accompanies who died in a plan crash. The Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa also sent cables of condolence to Sudanese President Omar Al-Basheer and Second - Deputy President Ali Othman Taha. The Crown Prince and BDF Commander - In - Chief Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa sent similar cables to Sudanese President and Second Deputy President Ali Othman Taha.
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Welcome To DC Public Charter School Board Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS washington Mathematics, Science, and Technology PCS YouthBuild Public charter school (Opening in Fall 2005) http://www.dcpubliccharter.com/communityint/schools/schools.htm
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