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June Jordan high school: success or failure?
- 09-22-2010
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Jill Tucker/San Francisco Chronicle
June Jordan School for Equity has been touted as a shining star of San Francisco public high schools and a national example of how limiting enrollment and tailoring instruction to the needs of individuals can push struggling students into college. The school, which opened seven years ago, boasts small class sizes and an adviser for every 16 students, plus a college counselor. June Jordan's funding of more than $11,000 for each of the 241 students, which comes from public and private sources, exceeds what most other district students get. The school board loves it. So do many parents and students. The trouble is, June Jordan is consistently one of the worst-performing schools in California on standardized tests. And student attrition is high, with a fraction of each freshmen class sticking around for four years. (more…)
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