Two of Kanawha County's alternative schools will be moved to a new location in the next year. The East Academy Alternative School and Tyler Middle School will be relocated to the old Chandler Elementary building by the start of next school year, Kanawha County schools officials said during a Thursday school board meeting.
You may not know it, but one of D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray's key election pledges is in danger of falling hopelessly behind schedule. A critical component of Mr. Gray's "One City" campaign was for the District's publicly funded charter schools, which are independent of D.C. Public Schools (DCPS), to receive the same amount of public funds per student as the traditional public school system. To this end, a law passed at Mr. Gray's request when he was D.C. Council chairman established a new Public Education Finance Reform Commission. Its mission: to study equity in public funding for D.C.'s charters and public schools. But in a little-noticed, recent decision by the council, the deadline for the commission to make recommendations for next year's budget was pushed back to Jan. 31, 2012 - v...
They may not have taken the typical path to get there, but hundreds of students from adult and alternative schools in the San Gabriel Valley arrived at graduation day on Tuesday. Azusa Adult School boasted 93 graduates, though only half were able to walk in Tuesday's ceremony.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional Associated Press series on their use and potential risks. Future doctors and nurses are learning about acupuncture and herbs along with anatomy and physiology at a growing number of medical schools. It's another example of how alternative medicine has become mainstream. And it's often done with Uncle Sam's help.
Los Angeles Unified officials unanimously approved a plan Tuesday to offer an unprecedented 25,000 classroom seats to 81 charter schools on district campuses, although charter advocates argued the proposal does not comply with state law. LAUSD has historically struggled with sharing its facilities with the independently run alternative schools.
The fact that 14-year-old Jasmine Brooks spent five years on a waiting list for the Manchester Academic Charter School didn't discourage her mom. I wanted Jasmine in the charter school since fourth grade, because I wasn't satisfied with the public school system," said Joyce Brooks. "But I couldn't get Jasmine in (a charter school) until this year, when she was accepted to City Charter High School.
WOODLAND PARK -- Paterson Schools Superintendent Donnie Evans said the district will open two to three additional alternative schools in coming weeks for intensive discipline and instruction for disruptive students. In a meeting with the The Record's editorial board on Wednesday, Evans said the district was in discussions with Big Picture, a private alternative schools operator that operates three schools in Newark. Some of the schools have departed from traditional teaching methods -- for example, Urban Academy, a high school has no tests or grades, and few textbooks.
The fact that 14-year-old Jasmine Brooks spent five years on a waiting list for the Manchester Academic Charter School didn't discourage her mom. I wanted Jasmine in the charter school since fourth grade, because I wasn't satisfied with the public school system," said Joyce Brooks. "But I couldn't get Jasmine in (a charter school) until this year, when she was accepted to City Charter High School.
Summit View High School Principal Paul Bardzik speaks proudly of his high schools accomplished students. The Battle Ground alternative school is among the largest in the state. ---
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