About
Us
The Center for School Change at the University of Minnesota's Hubert
H. Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs has received more than
$3 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Frey
Foundation, and a private donor to help create five academically
excellent, small charter high schools. The Star Schools will be
located in or near Saint Paul, Minnesota and will open in September
2004 and 2005.
The Star Schools:
- Will enroll between 100 and 400 students.
- Have a specific focus. (For example, if you are looking for
an authentic Montessori learning environment, you will find it
among the Star schools. You can also find a world-class conservatory
for pre-professional performing artists, a science and health
careers academy, a writing academy, and an American Sign Language
(ASL) immersion school.)
- Are public charter schools that accept all kinds of students
and do not charge tuition.
- Offer personalized learning programs for every student.
- Have strong partnerships with businesses and community groups.
- Are working together through the Star Center to create an innovative
collaborative network.
The Star High Schools offer students all the advantages of small,
personalized learning environments--through their collaboration
and community partnerships, they also offer many benefits of larger
high schools. Star students have the best of both worlds.
Our Mission
Our mission is to:
- Produce excellent graduation rates and levels of student achievement
for all kinds of students.
- Improve student attitudes toward learning, their schools, and
their communities.
- Be examples of well implemented creativity and innovation.
- Model and demonstrate the value of diversity.
- Support and develop outstanding educators.
- Strengthen our community through building strong relationships
among educators, parents, students and community members.
- Serve as a national model of collaboration among excellent,
small high schools.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 24 October 2007 )
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