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Sacramento City Unified's small schools' success belies national trend
- 06-21-2011
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By Melody Gutierrez and Max Ehrenfreund/Sacramento Bee
The buzz and grant funding have cooled. The national movement has quieted. What remains locally of the small schools reform effort are five under-enrolled Sacramento City Unified schools. But for Matt Perry, the district director of high school reform, success is measured by improving graduation rates and the feedback from families whose children are enrolled in the small schools. "If it wasn't for this school, who knows if he would have graduated," said Ben Martinez, whose son, Matthew, graduated last week with 26 of his peers at the School of Engineering and Sciences. "He wouldn't have," said Matthew's mother, Alex Martinez. "This is the best thing that's ever happened to us, this school." The 364-student School of Engineering and Sciences was created as part of the small school reform movement that took off a decade ago. (more...)
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