State Board of Education Holds the Line on Standards: All 8th Graders to Master Algebra I

Testimony by Russlynn Ali, Executive Director of the Education Trust—West before the State Board of Education supported the Board Action to maintain Algebra I as the eighth grade math standard.

For more details, click on Education Trust-West press release.

California Department of Education Clearinghouse for Multilingual Documents

The California Department of Education Clearinghouse for Multilingual Documents is a wealth of information.

For more information, visit: www.cde.ca.gov/ls/pf/cm/

Top of the Class Schools

The good news about GEAR UP schools just keeps coming!  From over 27,000 high schools in America, two GEAR UP schools appeared in the Newsweek Web Exclusive list of 1,300 (top 5%) public high schools in the country:

Eagle Rock Middle/High School is ranked 439.

Valley High is ranked 1,076.

CONGRATULATIONS to Eagle Rock Middle/High School, Los Angeles Unified School District, and to Valley High School, Elk Grove Unified School District!

The Center for Comprehensive School Reform Publications: Newsletters

May 2008 Newsletter - Stuck in the Middle: Strategies to Engage Middle-Level Learners

For more information, visit: www.centerforcsri.org