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Charter extension denied to low-scoring Stanford school
- 04-16-2010
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By Carol Pogash/New York Times
A charter school created and overseen by Stanford University’s School of Education was denied an extension of its charter on Wednesday night after several members of the school board labeled it a failure. Last month the state placed the charter school, Stanford New School, on its list of persistently lowest-achieving schools. After the Ravenswood City School Board voted 3 to 2 to deny a five-year extension to Stanford New School, it asked its superintendent to work on a plan with the charter school for major revisions and a possible provisional two-year charter extension. If board members do not approve such a plan — and it was not clear that members would be amenable — and if there is no other reprieve, Stanford New School will close in June. (more...)
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