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Public K-12 and Universities Partnering
Some
universities starting their own K-12 schools
Journal-News - 31 Dec 2007
... SACRAMENTO, CA - Frustrated with students who come to college ill-prepared
and an applicant pool that lacks the diversity of the nation's high schools,
universities around the country are creating their own K-12 schools.
The University of California, Davis, opened a school in West Sacramento this fall; University of the Pacific launched a high school in Natomas, Calif., last year. Stanford, the University of California at Berkeley and at San Diego, the University of Chicago and others around the country also have started high schools in recent years.
All of them focus on steering disadvantaged kids toward the university gates. And educators say they are making headway ...
Worcester, MA (Clark University)
Town-gown triumph
In poorest part of Worcester, Clark helps put children on path to college
Globe - 22 Nov 2007
... WORCHESTER, MA -In the past four years, nearly every graduate has gone on to college, radically defying the odds for inner-city students. In turn, the neighborhood is rebounding, stabilized by working families drawn by the promise of a college education for their children.University Park [Campus School], which Clark helped found a decade ago and oversees in a partnership with the city, has earned national recognition for its striking success in overcoming the achievement gap between urban and suburban schools, among the most persistent and pervasive problems in American education ...
Philadelphia, PA (University of Pennsylvania)
- The Penn Alexander School website
- Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander University of Pennsylvania Partnership School
- Do Universities Have a Role in Managing Public Schools
- Planning a PreK-8 School for the Year 2001 10/27/98
- Creating a Model Elementary School 8/25/98
Oxford, OH (Miami University)
- Talawanda/Miami
Partnership Office
- Info
night welcomes new families
Program aimed at giving opportunity to become aware of what district has to offer.
Oxford Press - 15 Sep 2006
...OXFORD, OH - Families new to the Talawanda School District and the Oxford community will be welcomed to the district with an information night, sponsored by the Talawanda-Miami Partnership through a program called the Developing Networks Initiative.
Those new to the district are invited to an "Introducing Talawanda" night at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, at the Talawanda Middle School...Tom Poetter, director of the Miami University Partnership Office, said Miami was one of only 10 universities nationwide chosen to receive a grant to begin the Developing Networks Initiative program, though there are many school-university partnership programs throughout the country.
He added that the program is designed to build opportunity and good will within the community and between Miami and the Talawanda School District...
- Teetering
for a good cause
Fraternity raises money for Adopt-A-School program.
Oxford Press - 8 Sep 2006
...OXFORD, OH - It is not often that Miami will find its president balancing on a teeter-totter in front of the Phi Delt gates on a Friday afternoon.But President David Hodge, along with his wife, Valerie, and daughter, Meriem, "teetered" for charity Friday to help raise money for Delta Tau Delta fraternity's national philanthropy Adopt-A-School...
Donations went to the local Adopt-A-School program, which brings Miami student volunteers into area K-12 schools to assist students and teachers.
"We had a great time and everyone here has great spirit," Hodge said. "It's important to make the community around us very special."... - Talawanda
reading scores rocket to No. 1 in Butler County
Principal: Strides are goosebump-inducing achievement
Oxford Press - 9 Dec 2005
...OXFORD, OH - Talawanda catapulted to the very top of the county on this October’s third-grade reading achievement test, with 78 percent of students notching at least “proficient” scores.Talawanda’s performance did not merely mimic the state’s overall rise in proficient scores, which jumped nearly 4 percent from 2004’s 54.5 percent proficient. The district’s scores soared by 12 percentage points...
He additionally lauded the efforts of America Reads and [Miami University] Adopt-A-School tutors...
- MU,
Talawanda collaborate to prepare students
Miami Student - 6 Dec 2005
...OXFORD, OH - Another accomplishment of the CIP was establishing a formal partnership with Miami in 2001.Last year, Miami gave $24,000 to the Talawanda district, Moorish said. This money was used for field trips, math projects and fine arts.
Miami sends about 50-60 students into Talawanda schools each year for student teaching, said Roxann Sommers, student and academic services coordinator.
According to Tom Poetter of Miami's partnership office, more than 300 Miami students go to Talawanda schools every semester through programs such as Adopt-a-School, America Reads and foreign language programs.
A task force made up of six Talawanda faculty members and six Miami faculty meets monthly to discuss future developments, Poetter explained. He sends his children to Talawanda schools and has high hopes for the partnership.
"I think we'll continue to work together and continue finding ways to serve students and faculty in both institutions," Poetter said...
- Scholarship
cuts costs in half for educators
Miami University - 30 Nov 2005
...OXFORD, OH - Starting in January, Miami University will offer a new scholarship to Ohio's K-12 educators that will lower their tuition and fees for professional development and/or earning a graduate-level degree by 50 percent.
The Teacher Education Access at Miami (TEAM) scholarship recognizes the important contributions Ohio’s teachers and school administrators provide to the citizens of Ohio, said Miami Provost Jeffrey Herbst. “Individual educators clearly will benefit, but so will the communities they live in. Study after study says that education is the key to keeping Ohio economically viable. These scholarships also reflect Miami’s commitment to our region and to the state of Ohio,” he said...
More information available here.
http://www.units.muohio.edu/eap/team_scholarship/ - School/agency
partnership office created 9/13/05
Miami University has established an office to encourage new partnerships and support existing partnerships among the university and schools and health and human service agencies.The provost’s office and the School of Education and Allied Professions established the new office in conjunction with the College of Arts and Science, the School of Fine Arts, Miami Hamilton and Miami Middletown.
The office will continue to support the Talawanda/Miami Partnership while working to develop new partnerships with schools and health and human service agencies in southwest Ohio.
- Miami
and Talawanda schools create partnership 7/17/01
Talawanda School District and Miami University officials are creating a formal partnership to benefit students in both systems.
Discussions are under way between university and district officials on the specifics of such a partnership, which would build on existing cooperative efforts. "The goal is to draw the community together and enlist the expertise and resources of Miami in helping each Talawanda student meet his or her potential," said Phil Cagwin, superintendent of the Talawanda School District.
Universities around the country are recognizing the advantages of developing strong partnerships with their local school district, said Miami President James C. Garland. Although decisions on joint initiatives will require more consultation, Garland says he’s interested in a variety of proposals, including assisting Talawanda High School in expanding its advanced placement opportunities, helping Talawanda with after-school reading programs, increasing Miami’s role in staff and curriculum development at Talawanda and formalizing input from Talawanda teachers and administrators on Miami’s teacher preparation efforts.
The goal is to collaboratively address mutual needs, create joint aspirations and pursue excellence and equity for everyone in the community, said John Skillings, dean of Miami’s College of Arts and Science, and Barbara Schirmer, dean of Miami’s School of Education and Allied Professions...
Promotion of public education in college towns (non-university partnership)
Ann Arbor, MI has created a specilized foundation for supporting excellence in public education. See: Ann Arbor Public Schools Educational Foundation
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