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Lazarin, Melissa – Center for American Progress, 2011
Only a quarter of the class of 2008 graduated from Alain Locke Senior High School in Los Angeles after four years. This was unsurprising since nearly 60 percent of the class had left Locke by the end of their sophomore year. A majority of Locke teachers--frustrated with the school's mediocrity--petitioned to allow charter management organization…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Graduation Rate, Educational Change
Illinois State Commission on the Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Education, Springfield. – 1985
This report represents the efforts of a commission of 20 citizens who were directed by the Illinois General Assembly to identify the principal problems in Illinois' elementary and secondary schools and to recommend specific actions for improving the State's educational program. The commission concluded that student learning should be the foremost…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Behavioral Objectives, Dropouts