http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/ Smallschools Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:27:57 GMT Michael Klonsky http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8047 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8047 Joe, The Civic Committee report, judges the past decade of Chicago school reform strictly on the basis of standardized test scores, to be an "abysmal" Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:24:51 GMT Santa Monica Mirror http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8046 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8046 From Main News: Santa Monica High School Reorganization Goes Forward Hannah Heineman, Mirror Staff Writer Santa Monica High School (SAMOHI) is facing Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:23:50 GMT NY TIMES City Room http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8045 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8045 Ann Cook, who leads the Urban Academy High School at Julia Richman, attributed the school’s success to a close partnership between administrators and the Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:23:25 GMT Portland Times http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8044 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8044 PPS moves high school reform at quick pace Even after K-8 problems, most school board members want plan OK'd by October By Jennifer Anderson The Portland Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:22:45 GMT StanGoldberg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8043 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8043 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/06/23/schools_loans_funding_shift/ Pawlenty shifts mean schools need loans; charters especially worried by Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:22:12 GMT jnathan@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8042 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8042 Chicago colleagues, Below is a column I found elsewhere re Chicago. I'd be interested in your reactions. Perhaps others on this list would as well. Thanks Joe Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:22:11 GMT john loflin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8041 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8041 deb   i am on small schools listserve and i see you are back to work...   i hope you have not fogotten your promise to send the democratic education Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:21:38 GMT jnathan@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8040 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8040 In part, the issue of admissions or audition tests comes down for me to this: Do you want to tell public schools to tell many youngsters - you are not smart or Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:16:37 GMT patrica w mcneil http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8039 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8039 Dear Mike and Susan, I definitely hope the Listserv continues into year 11 and beyond, and as one who always intends to send in a check for support, but has Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:15:00 GMT Deborah Meier http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8038 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8038 Thanks, Steve. Still, Caroline rises the question which we all have a hard time with--what kind of selectivity is okay. One possible "test" might be -- what Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:14:55 GMT cmgrannan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8037 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8037 I disagree that I've painted a "very rosy" picture of the SF magnets (Lowell and SOTA). It's pretty much of a given that because of the admission requirements Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:14:47 GMT Chicago Public Radio http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8036 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8036 window.print(); City RoomTM Public Affairs coverage from our award-winning staff Education New CPS Schools Rolled Out to the Public Chicago Public Schools is Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:36:54 GMT Michael Klonsky http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8035 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8035 Folks, As we approach the 10th anniversary of the Smallschools Listserv this October, it's time to step back and take stock (maybe a bad choice of words these Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:17:29 GMT Steve Jubb http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8034 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8034 Sorry, Caroline, but you have simply have not addressed substance of Joe's last contribution - except to add your own anecdotal evidence in defense of two SF Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:15:44 GMT jnathan@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8033 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallschools/message/8033 From the San Francisco district website: (2007-2008 school year) % of English Language Learner students in district high schools: 18.6% % of English Language