Stanford-run charter on ‘worst’ list
Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
Stanford University’s School of Education has a distinguished faculty, and its alumni are outstanding teachers, principals and nonprofit leaders. But this week it acquired a dubious distinction – and a bit of a comeuppance. Stanford New School, the combined charter K-8 and high school that the graduate school of education operates in East Palo Alto, was designated among the 5 percent of persistently lowest performing schools in California. It is one of 188 schools, including eight charter schools, that face restructuring – or closure. (more...)