GROUNDBREAKING SCHOOL
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SCI SCHOLAR SHINES AT WRITER'S WORKSHOP
James Jones attended a literary festival in Aspen, Colorado. The Aspen Times reports on the young writer.
read moreA GOOD LOOK AT SCI ACADEMY
Since 2005, New Orleans has seen a host of innovative new charter schools take root in the city. One of these, Sci Academy, is providing an ambitious college prep experience in an underprivileged environment and trying to set a standard for the rest of the nation.
GOOD LOOK: Nola Charter Schools
April 2010 GOOD Magazine| Eve Marson
Grade Improvements
Summer 2008 Louisiana Imagine Magazine | Suzanne Johnson
Looking for symbols of the revolution in public education in post-Katrina New Orleans? Just look through your windshield at those waving fields of yard signs. They sprouted at every major intersection this spring advertising an often bewildering array of school enrollment choices – charter schools, “recovery” district” schools, parish-run schools, private schools. Ben Marcovitz, the 28-year-old founder and incoming principal of the New Orleans Charter Science & Math Academy or “Sci-Academy,” has planted about 500 yard signs. The high school will open this fall in flood-ravaged eastern New Orleans and Marcovitz needs to attract at least 70 students for the inaugural class of 2012. read more
Five New N.O. Charter Schools Now Have Homes
March 2008 Nola.com | Darran SimonMost of the newest batch of New Orleans charter schools, set to open in 2008-09, have found homes.
The Recovery School District has assigned campuses to five start-up charter groups by tapping two unused district buildings, one under renovation; a couple of modular campuses; and, in another case, leased space owned by the Archdiocese of New Orleans. The location of another charter hasn't been determined.
The seven schools are open-enrollment and don't have admissions criteria. Initially, nine charter schools won approval to open this fall, but two of the charter groups -- the all-boys American Scholars Academy, and KIPP Middle School -- will defer opening for a year, school representatives said. read more
Charter Schools Bloom in New Orleans
April 2008 NPR All Things Considered | Andrea Hsu
Since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has become a laboratory of sorts for charter schools. Seven new ones are opening this month — supported by millions of dollars in federal and private grants. The funding draws educators like 28-year-old Channa Cook to New Orleans. listen to report
