A plan for new management at an otherwise doomed Baton Rouge charter school won easy approval Tuesday from the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.The school that was in jeopardy, Baton Rouge Charter Academy at Mid City, appeared done in December when BESE voted to close the school amid dismal student performance.The school, which […]
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BY WILL SENTELL | wsentell@theadvocate.com A plan for new management at an otherwise doomed Baton Rouge charter school won easy approval Tuesday from the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.The school in jeopardy, Baton Rouge Charter Academy at Mid City, appeared done in December when BESE voted to close the school amid dismal student […]
APRIL 13, 2017 BY JOANNEOriginal Article Schools are cheating their students by offering “dual-credit lite,” charges Kevin Teasley, founder of the Greater Educational Opportunities Foundation in Indianapolis, on Flypaper. Offering dual-credit (aka dual-enrollment) classes on the high school campus gives students no experience of learning on a college campus with college-age students, he writes. Often, […]
Rescue in works for BR Charter AcademyBY CHARLES LUSSIER clussier@theadvocate.com An Indianapolis-based charter school group that runs an elementary school in Baton Rouge is coming to the rescue of a larger but lower-performing charter school in town that, unless something changes soon, will close in May. The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education isscheduled […]
GARY — Rodney Williams and Ricky Haskins were talking about the starting lineup for their 21st Century boys basketball team right before sectionals began a couple weeks ago.The subject of freshman guard Johnell Davis — a fresh-faced 15-year-old — came up. Haskins, an assistant coach, brought up the idea of not starting the lad and […]
American high schools don’t seem to be working in the real world. As a dad, I’m part of the problem. I remember what it was like when I went to high school, and now that I have kids in high school, I’m looking for something that resembles what I experienced. I’m guessing I’m not alone. […]
BOURBON – No matter how hard second-ranked Tri-County fought to make a comeback stick after trailing by double-digits early Saturday morning, Gary 21st Century Charter always had an answer in a 69-57 loss in the Class A Triton Regional semifinals. Tri-County (23-3) erased a 14-point first half deficit to take the lead on four different […]
GARY — Raven Osborne has an amazing story to tell. The 18-year-old high school senior at 21st Century Charter School in Gary will earn a bachelor’s degree in sociology with a minor in early childhood education from Purdue University Northwest on May 5, the same month she will earn a high school diploma from the […]
Rodney Williams, the only boys basketball coach 21st Century has known, took the job in 2008 because it was time to get warm. Williams was a football coach by trade. “It was cold outside,” he said. “I wanted to move inside.” Williams, the Post-Tribune 2016-17 Boys Basketball Coach of the Year, isn’t going back to […]
Joy is something all Indiana boys basketball teams still playing today on Semistate Saturday have. It’s in the bus ride, the locker room and out on the court. There are 16 teams in the four classes who are 32 minutes away from advancing to next Saturday’s state championships at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. How could this […]