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- Newsgroups: misc.education
- Path: sparky!uunet!lotus!news
- From: phil@lotatg.lotus.com (Phil Ritari)
- Subject: Re: Innovative school programs
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.182812.15067@lotus.com>
- Sender: news@lotus.com
- Organization: Lotus Development Corp.
- References: <1992Nov9.131305.1@cbrown.claremont.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 18:28:12 GMT
- Lines: 18
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- In article <1992Nov9.131305.1@cbrown.claremont.edu> dhosek@cbrown.claremont.edu
- writes:
- > In article <1992Nov7.024635.1@hmcvax.claremont.edu>,
- dhosek@hmcvax.claremont.edu writes:
- > > About a month or so ago I heard a report about a school district
- > > somewhere in NYC (Brooklyn?) which had instituted a school choice
- > > within their district. One of the innovative ideas was having
- > > multiple "schools" in a building, each with its own specialty.
- > > Does anyone know where I can get more information about this
- > > program? While I'm at it, how about pointers to other innovative
- > > programs for revitalizing education in a district.
-
- The public schools of Cambridge, Mass, have a wide variety of programs in their
- elementary schools, ranging from open classrooms to traditional ones. Some of
- these are within the same school building. There is a complicated process for
- having your child attend the program of your choice. It is credited with making
- the Cambridge school system one of the better urban school systems in
- Massachusetts.
-