Downsizing helps students
Tuesday, November 29th, 2005
By Chris Fitzsimon
Teachers praise East Wake school
Todd Silberman, Staff Writer
If Cody Jones’ experience is any indication, North Carolina’s biggest experiment in years with high school education shows early signs of success.
"Last year, I was messing up," said Cody, 17, who’s somewhere between 10th and 11th grades. "Now I’m getting my act together."
The difference for Cody is a radically smaller school — one of 11 statewide that opened this fall as the first in an ambitious campaign aimed at making high schools more effective by making them more personal and relevant.
The reform effort is being pushed by Gov. Mike Easley and backed by an $11 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. (more…)
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