Saturday, January 10, 2009

How we do it in Minnesota

Article in NY Times today about six of Minnesota's 30 charter schools created to serve specific immigrant communities.

I was definitely struck by this phenomenon when I was first thinking about moving here from New York. I visited several of the schools in the article and was offered a job at another one. This is markedly different from charters in NYC, which tend to center on unique teaching philosophies, despite the many different immigrant communities and strong tradition of advocacy.

I can see why parents feel it is needed though. We have a Liberian student who, his father told us, was being given his last chance at our school. After years of trouble at other schools (bad grades? discipline problems? who knows) the kid was told that if he didn't shape up here, he was being sent back to Liberia.

1 comment:

vaibhav said...

Standing Committee chairman Sandeep naik Visits the Special student of NMMC’s special school in Rabale

Standing Committee Chairman Sandeep Naik visited the special students of NMMC’s special school in Rabale. The Chairman distributed chocolates and met with the school management to better the facilities and amenities that the schools provide to special children hailing from economically weaker background.

It was a special day for the special students of NMMC special school in Rabale. It was not just World Disability day for the students but there was also a special visit from NMMC Standing Committee Chairman Sandeep Naik...

http://sandeepnaik-navimumbai.blogspot.com

http://sandeepnaik-navimumbai.blogspot.com/2008/12/sandeep-naik-visits-persons-with.html