Sci Scholar Shines at Writers Workshop
James Jones attended a literary festival in Aspen, Colorado. The Aspen Times reports on the young writer.
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Could the rest of the education system learn from the charter schools' example in New Orleans? The BBC reports from Sci Academy.
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In their story of post-Katrina New Orleans, GMA highlights the city's new schools and features Sci Academy.
Charter Experiment Pays Off
A Wyoming newspaper explores the charter school boom in New Orleans. Sci Academy teachers are quoted.
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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
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
