http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/13/education/13ohio.html
Dayton Early College Academy, a celebrated public high school in Dayton, Ohio, will convert to charter status this coming school year and operate under the control of the University of Dayton. The district's budget cut of $30 million had threatened to close the school. School leaders hope that converting to charter status will allow the school to maintain its successful model for drawing struggling and average students into accelerated classes and sending graduates to college. "I think it's a model that represents real potential for other urban districts to look at," said Thomas J. Lasley II, the Dean of the School of Education at the university and a founder of the academy. "We still think it's too early to tell, but if a large percentage of these kids stay in college, I'm going to run the victory flag up the flagpole."
Source: New York Times (free registration required)
Date: 06/17/2007
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