What's New at the CSC?
New $2 million grant
The Cargill Foundation has donated $2 million over three years to the
Center for School Change at Macalester to significantly improve the
academic and operational performance of ...Read more
The Center for School Change is a program of Macalester College. The Center works with educators, parents, business people, students, policy-makers and other concerned people throughout the United States to increase student achievement, raise graduation rates, improve student attitudes toward learning, their schools, and their communities, and strengthen communities through building stronger working relationships among educators, parents, students and other community members.
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New Leadership Academy participants (Cohort 2) gathered for an end of year award ceremony June 17, 2010. Participants named for the 3rd cohort of Leadership Academy (including district and charter public schools) are: Paula Anderson, Education Director of High School for Recording Arts; Justin Birchem, Director of MN Transitions CS; Paul Creager, Lead Teacher at Gordon Park High School; Shawn Davenport, Dean of Students at Emily Grey School; Kerry Felt, Director of Academia Cesar Chavez; Annika Fjelstad, Director of Twin Cities German Immersion; Virginia Heesch, Assistant Director of Dugsi Academy; Bart Johnson, Teacher at Augsburg Academy; Gerry Lukaska, Principal at Minneapolis Site Governed School; Tim McGowan, Principal at Community of Peace Academy; Linda-Rose Michel, Site Manager at Twin Cities German Immersion; Brenda Natala, Director at Laura Jeffrey Academy; Dimitri Russell, Director of Emily Goodridge/Grey CS; Robert White, Assistant Principal, Community of Peace HS; Tony Simmons, Director of Development at High School for Recording Arts; Terri Wiley, Asst Principal at Laura Jeffrey Academy and Samuel Yizgaw, Principal at Higher Ground. For more information about the Leadership Academy, click here .
Withrow University High School
How did a Cincinnati Public School with no admissions test produce major improvements in student achievement and graduation rates, improvements so dramatic that the school now has a stronger academic record than many suburban high schools?
Please click the links below to read a full copy of the report for more information.
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