From charterschools at LACharter.org Mon Nov 3 19:07:18 2008 From: charterschools at LACharter.org (charterschools at LACharter.org) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 19:07:18 EST Subject: [CharterSchools] Schools Strengthen Their Leadership! Message-ID: School Leadership Center Focuses on Training Educational Coaches and Principals- Visiting Area Parish Schools cheron brylski the brylski company 3418 coliseum street new orleans, louisiana 70115 www.brylskicompany.com (504) 897-6110 FX (504) 897-0778 cell (504) 460-1468 cbrylski at aol.com ************** Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212416248x1200771803/aol?redir=http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav00000001) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From charterschools at LACharter.org Thu Nov 6 15:04:33 2008 From: charterschools at LACharter.org (charterschools at LACharter.org) Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:04:33 -0500 Subject: [CharterSchools] Notebook, Volume 3 and other things Message-ID: <8CB0E62058F92BC-ED0-21F1@FWM-M28.sysops.aol.com> N.O. Area Principals Invited to 2009 SLC Fellows Program The 12th annual School Leadership Center Fellows Program is seeking principals from Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, St. Tammany and Plaquemines Parishes to participate in its two-year intensive professional and leadership development program, announced Fellows Director John Brown. Applications, due by Nov. 13, can be downloaded from?www.slc-gno.org?or call (504) 267-7239. ACSA Holds 3rd Annual Character Walk and Community Picnic The Algiers Charter Schools Association will host its third annual "Character?Walk" in celebration of National Character Counts Week, Saturday, November 15, 2008 at Brechtel Park from Noon to 4PM. This year's theme - "We Care about Our Environment." Charter School Notebook, Volume 3 Well, thanks to my annual bout of bronchitis it seems I've fallen a bit behind with my charter school postings. Fortunately, I can make up the lost time in one big chunk'o'entries. Unlike the missed maiden plodding of the Krewe of Boo or the Day of the Dead marching band through the quarter. Alas, alack and *cough*gargle*hack*. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From charterschools at LACharter.org Mon Nov 10 14:04:47 2008 From: charterschools at LACharter.org (charterschools at LACharter.org) Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:04:47 -0500 Subject: [CharterSchools] Important upcoming events, charitable fun, and gloating!!! Message-ID: <8CB117E55732848-B04-1745@webmail-de12.sysops.aol.com> Three important education events THIS WEEK: panel discussion, symposium, and conference There is a triad of informational education functions this week, each evenly spaced and leading nicely into the next. Martin Behrman Charter School to dedicate Early Learning Technology Center Martin Behrman Charter School Academy of Creative Arts and Sciences?will hold a dedication ceremony for their new state of the art Early Learning Technology Center Tuesday, November 11. Weeeeeeee are the champions (or at least, 'Da Winnas') You're just going to have to click the link for this one. Fun Fall Fete to benefit Audubon Charter, November 15th A unique festival to benefit a unique school, Audubon Charter School's first annual Fall Fete will be held November 15th, 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m at Audubon Charter School. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From charterschools at LACharter.org Mon Nov 24 18:11:36 2008 From: charterschools at LACharter.org (charterschools at LACharter.org) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:11:36 -0500 (EST) Subject: [CharterSchools] FW: News from Educate Now Message-ID: <731065235.1227568296037.JavaMail.ccwas@p2-ws519.ad.prodcc.net> Dear charter scools, cheron has forwarded this email to you with the following message: Subscribe me! http://ui.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?p=oo&m=1102284477864&ea=charterschools%40lacharter.org ----------------------------------------------------------- Please Note: You have NOT been added to any email lists. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, please contact cbrylski at aol.com. ----------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ November 24, 2008 Greetings Friends, Our mission at Educate Now! is to make the reforms underway in New Orleans public education effective and sustainable. As part of this effort, we want to keep you informed on key issues and be a source of information about public education in New Orleans. As a member, you will receive updates by way of: Educate Now! News Clippings: periodic news clippings of select articles Educate Now! News Alerts: a breaking news based alert service Leslie's Notebook: a periodic overview and analysis of important issues in our educational landscape and the impact on students and schools Welcome to the first edition ofLeslie's Notebook. The first edition will look at the 2008 School Performance Scores. The recently released School Performance Scores give us the first clear picture of how schools in New Orleans are performing since Katrina. Student test scores are used for three different measurements: student performance, school performance, and district performance. In May, the state releases the test scores and gives information on individual student performance: how many passed the LEAP test, did scores go up, etc. This month, the state issued both School and District Performance Scores. School Performance Scores (SPS) analyze the test data at the school level allowing us to compare one school's performance to another's. A District Performance Score takes the student test data for all students in the district to evaluate district performance. For a listing of schools and scores go to: School Scores [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=g7ypjucab.0.ijbkjucab.invmuscab.0&ts=S0374&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.educatenow.net%2Ffiles%2FBook1.xls] Learn more about School Peformance Scores and what they mean: SPS Primer [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=g7ypjucab.0.jjbkjucab.invmuscab.0&ts=S0374&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.educatenow.net%2Ffiles%2Fsps_primer_2008.pdf] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So how do we compare post-Katrina? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Schools are better Fewer are failing.The percentage of schools that are one star or higher (non-failing) has increased from 34% to 55%. (Click here if your email does not display the following graph [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=g7ypjucab.0.kjbkjucab.invmuscab.0&ts=S0374&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.educatenow.net%2Ffiles%2FOneStarPlus.pdf] ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cause for Hope Four K- 8 charter schools in the RSD have demonstrated that we can successfully educate poor and minority youth. Phillips KIPP Believe, McDonogh 15 KIPP, and Behrman Charter School have scores above 90, and along with Dr. MLK Charter School (89.2), will be 4 of the top performing, non-selective admission schools in the state educating poor and minority youth. These top performing schools prove it can be done. Our challenge is to do it. We've made significant gains since 2005 Pre-Katrina, New Orleans ranked last in the state with a District Performance Score of 56.9 compared to a state average of 87.4. In 2008, combining all students and schools in the city, New Orleans' effective District Performance Score rose to 66.4 while the state actually dropped to 87.2.We grew nearly 10 points, while the state was flat. ( Click here if your email does not display the following graph [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=g7ypjucab.0.ljbkjucab.invmuscab.0&ts=S0374&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.educatenow.net%2Ffiles%2FPerformance.pdf] ) Charters outperformed traditionally operated schools Of the top 15 schools citywide, 13 were chartered, 2 were traditional. Of the bottom performing 15 schools, 10 were traditional, and only 5 were chartered. High Schools need work New Orleans had the highest performing school in the state, Benjamin Franklin High School, with a score of 165.2. We also had the lowest scoring school in the state, Douglass High School, with a score of 16.3. While the selective admission high schools--like Franklin and Lusher--did very well, our challenge is to have quality schools for all students. Our open admission high schools are lagging behind the open admission K-8 schools in both performance and growth. ( Click here for Listing of High Schools and Scores [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=g7ypjucab.0.mjbkjucab.invmuscab.0&ts=S0374&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.educatenow.net%2Ffiles%2FHigh_schools.xls] ) The five open admission RSD-operated high schools are the lowest performing high schools in the state, and showed little improvement from 2007 with scores ranging from 16.3 (Douglass) to 30 (Reed). All OPSB-operated high schools are selective admission. The five open admission charter high schools did better, ranging from 48.6 (O Perry Walker) to 77 (Karr), but their scores still lag behind K-8. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In closing... When you factor in Katrina-related stresses and challenges--not the least of which include many students missing a year of school or dealing with unresolved mental health issues--the results of School Performance Scores for New Orleans are impressive. But let's not lose sight that much work remains. Too many schools are still underperforming and our focus must be on continued improvement. We have an opportunity to transform not just our schools, but the lives of students, and the future of our city through the education of our children. It's an opportunity we can't afford to miss. At Educate Now!, we are firmly committed to making the education reform underway effective and sustainable. And on behalf of Educate Now!, I wish you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Educate Now! Leslie Jacobs Founder Comments? 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