http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_9175167
In April, numerous parents stood before the Denver school board, holding up newspaper articles about a high-performing public charter school and asking why their children were unable to receive the same education. "We want this for our kids and our families," said Luci Saenz. "We are ready to fight. We believe in our children, and we believe they deserve it." Like other urban districts around the country, Denver Public Schools has had difficulty in educating the city's poorest students. But some public charter schools in the community are proving it can be done. At least a dozen public charter schools are being planned for the city over the next decade based on high-performing models. And a group of public charter advocates is planning to add dozens more public charter schools to teach low-income urban youth on Colorado's Front Range. "You are going to see more and more of this — more schools are going to get created and more communities demanding them," said Tony Lewis, director of the Donnell-Kay Foundation. "I don't think this is an aberration. This is a new trend."
Source: Denver Post
Date: 05/07/2008
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