In their May 8, 2006, issue, Newsweek listed their Best 100 Public Schools across the nation. They ranked the schools using a ratio of the number of Advanced Placement (AP) and/or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students within a school, divided by the number of graduating seniors. The 2006 list was based on the [...]
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Three Dallas Schools Make Newsweek’s Best 100 High Schools List – Tag High School is #1!
January 24th, 2010 
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No Comments »Minneapolis Schools- the Key is Choice
January 22nd, 2010 Admin For several years now Minneapolis Public Schools have been emphasizing the need for students to have a choice in which school they attend. Giving the students and the parents a hand in the decision making process gives the family a sense of ownership. The student will feel he or she has, by making this very [...]
Posted in Articles Tags: Attendance Area, Board Of Education, Decision Making Process, Institutions, Minneapolis Public Schools, Minneapolis Schools, Parents, Population, Reason, Rigor, School Assignments, School Choice, School Experience, School Selection, School Vouchers, Schools Students, Segregation, Uncharted Territory No Comments »Unintended Consequences of True School Choice
January 2nd, 2010 Admin I always try to make it a point to see both sides of an education issue, and as Project Runway host Tim Gunn always tells his fashion designer cast, try to make it work.The concept of true school choice fits that challenge.The thought behind true school choice is that “dollars follow the child.” Parents receive [...]
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