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Vol. 5, Issue No.  7
                         February 7,  2013
The Quest for Dual Language Literacy
Huge Challenge May Also Be Hartford's Greatest Opportunity

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Some bilingual schools in other cities across the country are among the most sought-after schools by students and their parents, but no such option currently exists in Hartford, a city that enrolls more than one in eight of the English Language Learners in this state.  For these children, a new HPS feasibility study explores the possibilities for enhancing bilingual education; other, non-English language training; and multicultural programs.  In so doing, it sparks a conversation that so many city residents have wanted for some time.

Five Schools Under the Microscope
Deep Dive into Performance of Turnaround Schools
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Board Members Elizabeth Brad Noel and Robert Cotto, Jr., joined Superintendent Christina Kishimoto Tuesday evening for 
the mid-year review of Hartford's most challenged schools.

Hartford's five "turnaround" schools - identified by the state as among the lowest 5 percent of high-poverty schools statewide - went under the microscope at this week's monthly Board of Education workshop.  Despite a barrage of data points and Principals' presentations illuminating their challenges and techniques for increasing academic progress, it's a wait-and-see situation.

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Turnaround school principals and staff (including, at right, Jumoke at Milner Principal Doreen Crawford and Early Reading Lab at Betances Principal Immacula Didier and Dean of Professional Development Linda
Liss-Bronstein) offered a mid-year review of their work.
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Travelers Fully Invested in Hartford Education
System-Level Change a Priority

The Travelers Foundation has awarded Achieve Hartford! a $150,000 grant in support of the organization's efforts to sustain reform in the Hartford Public Schools - but that's just part of the story. 

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Choice Goal: 

R e a c h e d

All Grade 8 Choice applications were submitted on time, Superintendent Christina Kishimoto reported in a letter to the community;
more to come as further choice application data points come in.
Insights 
of the Week
insightlensThe "Big Six," CAPSS, CAS, CABE, CBIA, CCER, and CONNCAN, joined in a reaction to the Governor's 2013 Budget Proposal.  Here's that.
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