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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am curious what the school programs are that they plan to improve--the ones for kids who are unsuccessful in their home schools.  Please post if you find mention of which programs.[/quote]

It's not a focus on a program necessarily.  It's a way - though improved instruction - to raise the bar for all students.

Kennedy and Springbrook are in the DCC and NEC consortia schools.  So there is "choice" in most cases.  In the NEC, Springbrook offers IB, for example. So kids who wish to participate in the program would choose Springbrook as their first choice.  Those for whom Springbrook IS their home school will always have a slot there - same for the other schools.  Soi if, for example, a school is your home school, you have an "in."

Specific programs - while they're offered in order to pump up the competition, and hopefully, rigor - are not under scrutiny. The entire instructional program is.  The system, therefore, will look at IB scores, yes, but also at AP, HSA, SAT and county exam grades.

These schools, however, cannot solve societal problems - truancy, gang affiliation, pregnancy - which mostly stem from issues in the home. Good instruction, however, can help all schools move forward . . . if only a tiny bit - despite these problems..

While it seems easy - focus on improving instruction, what the public fails to understand is just how complicated teaching is.  And b/c of this unintended ignorance (I don't claim to be an expert on taxes!), teachers are always blamed for "failing" students in many ways.  [/quote]

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