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Why I Chose Independence Charter: 2010-04-04 School Selection Report

Date Submitted: 4/4/2010 What school did you decide on? Independence Charter School Calendar year your child entered/will enter 2008 Grade your child entered/will enter Kindergarten What neighborhood are you in? East Falls What schools did you consider? All public and charter schools – Mifflin, Henry, Dobson, Cook-Wissahickon, Wissahickon Charter School, McCall, Meredith & Greenfield. What...

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Why I Chose McCall: 2010-04-01 School Selection Report

Date Submitted: 4/1/2010 What school did you decide on? McCall Elementary Calendar year your child entered/will enter 2008 and 2010 Grade your child entered/will enter in 2010, 2nd grader and K What neighborhood are you in? Center City What schools did you consider? Independence Charter School Meredith Greenfield Russell Byers Charter School What factors were most important to you? Location, Public...

Len Lipkin

School Success Criteria Vol 1: Parents

In the news lately there has been a lot of talk of underperforming “Renaissance” schools who will forced to dismiss many of their teachers.  On the one hand, I applaud the attempt to shock our worst schools into improvement.  On the other hand, I am dismayed that the teachers are being disproportionately punished for the failures of their schools.  It occurred to me that so many factors...

Len Lipkin

Judge a Book By Its Cover?

I am perusing different school websites to start my research.  I probably shouldn’t pre-judge a school by its site, but the Meredith School website is pretty lame and it bugs me.  Jenks is a little better.  Penn Alexander blows them both away–better design, more information for parents, better secondary resources.  Of course I want a school to pay attention to education first, website...