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Download full textWernick, Laura – DesignShare (NJ1), 2005
This article describes the Media and Technology Charter High School (MATCH) in Boston, MA. MATCH had the highest overall pass rate of any comparable Boston high school: 89 percent of the class of 2005 passed both the English and math MCAS. That's not only 37 points higher than the Boston district average; it is 14 points better than the statewide…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, High Schools, Urban Schools, Academic Achievement
Lathrop, Edith Anna – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1922
The first secondary schools in the United States were the Latin grammar schools. These were followed by the academies; and the academies, in turn, gave way to the public high schools. In tracing the development of dormitories in connection with public secondary schools it is necessary to determine where private education left off and public…
Descriptors: Dormitories, Public Education, High Schools, Educational Benefits
