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Helping weakest students could cost this school
- 07-21-2011
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By Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego
The last bell had rung at Burbank Elementary. But the math problem still sat stubbornly on the screen before the handful of third graders who lingered with teacher Fred Montes on a hot afternoon. The children stared up at the numbers under a whirring ceiling fan. Montes coaxed them through long division, step by step. Then the kids tried the next problem alone, scribbling on little white boards on their laps. "Ready?" Montes asked before they went over the problem. "To go home?" one boy asked. "It's 3:03. We're not going home yet!" Montes exclaimed. This is one way that Burbank is trying to turn around years of sagging test scores: Montes and other teachers choose to stick around and tutor kids who faltered on state tests. The Logan Heights school pays for the extra hours with a windfall of federal money meant to overhaul the very worst schools. It is slated to get $4 million over three years and already was awarded more than $1.1 million this year. Now that treasured money could be in jeopardy — and all because Burbank focused on its weakest students. (more...)
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