PBS recently featured San Diego-based High Tech High, an admission-by-lottery charter founded and run by business leaders and built on competition. The school is big on cross-curricular teaching, hands-on activities and entrepreneurship -- especially in the realms of science and technology.
Anyway, it's an interest report, and easy enough to read, being a transcript of the broadcast now posted online.
Enjoy.
Courtesy of reporter Megan Bagdonas, via her story in today's Daily Breeze, a few more details for you on the TIP Academy's withdrawal of their petition to start a charter school in Palos Verdes.
Yet it's still unclear precisely why they backed off ... could it be something to do with the 500-or-so peeved parents who packed a public hearing on the matter, many of whom decried the very idea of a charter in their area?
The TIP Academy, a charter school that's been seeking to operate in Palos Verdes, sparking a whirlwind of controversy there that culminated recently in a heated public meeting on the matter, has withdrawn its application to the school district.
A press release from PVPUSD says the group withdrew its charter petition on Monday, just about exactly two months after first submitting it.
I don't yet know why myself, but reporter Megan Bagdonas is on it. Watch for the full story in Thursday's Daily Breeze.
For 90 minutes Wednesday night and again Thursday, refreshments will be served as the faculty and staff Port of Los Angeles High School answer questions and offer information during the San Pedro-based charter campus's "enrollment open house."
Parents and guardians of current eighth-grade students -- from any district; the free, public charter is open to anyone -- are invited to the 250 West 5th Street site, from 6 - 7:30 p.m., to learn more about the school that offers elective coursework in maritime studies and international trade and boast the motto, "The world is our classroom."
Enrollment applications and admissions information may also be obtained by calling (310) 832-9201 ext. 272 or via the school's website.
I'm slow to start today, distracted all morning playing catch up on emails and voicemails and, admittedly, neglecting the blog. But then again, many of you are on spring break this week, so maybe you're avoiding your computer (which is what I do on the rare occasion I take vacation) and haven't noticed. But for those of you who have noticed, my apologies to all!
Here are a couple good stories (penned by other people at other publications) for you to check out:
1. The Los Angeles Times has a story many of you will be interested in: It's about several LAUSD campuses about to be forced to share classroom space with charter schools.
2. From the Grey Lady's Sunday edition, the New York Times' piece about the resurgence of philosophy as a popular major at many universities is pretty interesting as well.
That should get you started until I get in gear and find a few more nuggets for your Monday enjoyment. (Do the words "Monday" and "enjoyment" even belong in the same sentence?)