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Hope in 2009: A Holiday Letter from CEO Evan Rudall  When young NAACP Lawyer Thurgood Marshall argued Brown v. Board of Education in front of the Supreme Court, he envisioned this historic day. When African American students ordered cups of coffee and refused to stand up when asked to leave lunch counters, they envisioned this historic day. When a multi-racial group of people from the North and South spent their summer...Click here to read more... |
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Learning by Doing: Year-long Fellowship Program Prepares Leaders to Launch Excellence Girls in 2009  "I was shy in middle school," reflects Celestina De La Garza, a Hollyhock Instructional Fellow who is preparing to open Excellence Girls Charter School. "In class, the boys got lots of attention and special projects and I felt like I couldn't speak out." De La Garza says that her all-girls high school and college experience enabled her to take her education more seriously and...Click here to read more... |
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Come Together: Community Meetings Nurture Pride and Responsibility in Uncommon Students  It is Friday afternoon at Excellence Boys Charter School. Sitting in a circle on a patchwork rug of primary colors, 22 2nd grade scholars are finishing their character education class. Waiting for their next set of directions, they are tracking their teacher when she whispers to them excitedly, "It's time for Community Meeting!" She models a burst of joy, smiling widely and making small punches... Click here to read more... |
