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Academic Achievement, Pittsburgh Public Schools
AYP Facts ( Pennsylvania Department of Education)
Pittsburgh Public Schools 2007-2008 AYP Report for Individual Schools
Pittsburgh Public Schools 2007-2008 PSSA Results for Individual Schools (pages 12-17)
A Pennsylvania School Report Card (including performance data for individual schools) (Commonwealth Foundation, August 21, 2008)
CAPA Merger
Board OK's merger of city arts schools (Post-Gazette, July 24, 2008)
Merging CAPA, middle school stirs debate (Post-Gazette, July 21, 2008)CAPA Merger Report (William Hileman, 2008)
Gender Based Education
Boys and Girls Together, Taught Separately in Public School (March 11, 2009)
Teaching Boys and Girls Separately (March 2, 2008)
New York Times Magazine Current Topics in Education as Covered by the
24/7 School Reform (September 5, 2008)
"If we truly want to counter the effects of poverty on the achievement of children... we need to start a whole lot earlier and do a whole lot more."
The Next Kind of Integration- Class, Race and Desegregating American Schools (July 20, 2008)
"... When high concentrations of poor kids went to school together, Coleman reported, all the students at the school tended to learn less.... There are, of course, determined urban educators who have proved that select schools filled with poor and minority students can thrive — in the right circumstances, with the right teachers and programs. But consistently good education at schools with such student bodies remains the rare exception. The powerful effect of the socioeconomic makeup of a student body on academic achievement has become “one of the most consistent findings in research on education,” Gary Orfield, a U.C.L.A. education professor, and Susan Eaton, a research director at Harvard Law, wrote in their 1996 book, “Dismantling Desegregation.” "
Teaching Boys and Girls Separately (March 2, 2008)
PURE Reform
You Call This Reform? (February 25, 2009)
New Parents Group Wants City School Board's Ear (October 14, 2008)
Schenley Closure
Schenley group questions asbestos work at other schools (January 12, 2009)
Miffed Schenley students making do at Reizenstein (January 3, 2009)
School board votes to close Schenley building (Post-Gazette, June 26, 2008)
Why We Fight for Schenley (Post-Gazette, June 25 2008)
Beyond Schenley (Post-Gazette, June 25, 2008)
Schenley supporters push to save school (Post-Gazette, June 17, 2008)
The Next Page: Schenley High School- a 'Green Building' ahead of its time (Post-Gazette, June 15, 2008)
Rush to Judgment (Post-Gazette, May 28, 2008)
Assure Schenley's Future (Post-Gazette, August 1, 2007)
Strategic Plan