Charter school takeovers: As York schools near privatization, lessons from New Orleans and Michigan

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/01/busted_unions_and_broken_promi.html

Daniel Simmons-Ritchie

PennLive

12 January 2015

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York schools are considering changing public schools into charter schools, following the example of New Orleans and Michigan, in order to help their crumbling school system. The privatization of these schools can help the facilities become more financially stable, in turn preventing school closures and instability for their students.

Crime and blight still remain

http://www.fayobserver.com/article/20140222/News/302229724

Greg Barnes

Fayetteville Observer

22 February 2014

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Civic leaders in the U.S. struggle to effectively help their distressed neighborhoods. East Lake, Atlanta, created a replicable model that mixes residents of differing socio-economic status, and focuses on education and health in the area.

Wanted: Bilingual teachers. And here's how one school is filling the gap

http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-07-20/wanted-bilingual-teachers-and-heres-how-one-school-filling-gap

Kate McGee

Public Radio International (PRI)

20 July 2015

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Laws make it mandatory for schools with more than twenty English Language Learners (ELLs) in a single grade to have bilingual teachers to support them. One Texas school takes an initiative to find more bilingual teachers for their students as the non-English speaker becomes a more common student in their classroom.

How a diverse yet divided school blended ‘segregated' classes

http://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/how-a-diverse-yet-divided-school-blended-segregated-classes

Ben Stocking

The Seattle Times

19 October 2015

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In the U.S., the practice of tracked classes or special programs have exacerbated racial separation in schools. Leschi Elementary, in Seattle, made changes to their curriculum to draw white families to a traditionally black school.

Language is the great equalizer at this school in Louisiana

http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-06-25/language-great-equalizer-one-school-louisiana

Nina Porzucki

Public Radio International (PRI)

30 June 2015

Radio / 5-15 Minutes

A program at a public school in Baton Rouge is using bilingual education to attract middle class families back into the public school system to increase diversity among the student population.

How One School Bucks City's Racially Segregated Gifted and Talented System

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150930/windsor-terrace/how-one-school-bucks-citys-racially-segregated-gifted-talented-system

Amy Zimmer

DNAinfo

30 September 2015

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A school in Brooklyn uses a lottery-based acceptance system to ensure a diverse class. And instead of sorting the struggling kids from the gifted, they embedded an honors program which kids can opt into without changing classrooms.

Where Private School Is Not a Privilege

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/where-private-school-is-not-a-privilege

Tina Rosenberg

The New York Times

8 May 2013

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Bangladesh schools had very low attendance because children were kept home to work and conditions were unsafe for girls, ethnic minorities, and those with disabilities. BRAC, one of the world's largest and most comprehensive NGOs, has built new schools addressing all the reasons, at home and school, that were preventing children from attending.

Reframing the debate over charter schools

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/opinion/reframing-the-debate-over-charter-schools/12740

Noliwe Rooks

PBS

5 January 2012

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Only 19 percent of Latino youth have completed an associate’s degree or higher, with 29 percent of African-American young people having done the same. The Making Waves Academy provides children of minority groups with specific counseling for personal problems as well as improved education to help them have a higher college graduation rate.

The State of Education Innovation in 2015

https://medium.com/bright/the-state-of-education-innovation-in-2015-and-where-we-go-from-here-291b76b2ac0b

Matt Candler

Bright Magazine

27 June 2015

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The United States spends more than any other large, industrialized nation on education. The education system is slowly being reformed through tester groups in charter schools, but it takes a lot of time and money to decide if these programs work.

Catholic Schools In D.C. Adapt To Lower Budgets, Changing Requirements

http://wamu.org/news/15/09/21/catholic-schools-face-new-challenges

Kavitha Cardoza

American University Radio (WAMU)

21 September 2015

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Across the globe, there are nearly 60 million students studying in Catholic institutions. In the United States, however, those numbers have been falling in recent years, forcing schools to come up with new ways to collaborate.