The Instigator

In the past decade, Barr has opened seventeen charter high schools—small,
locally managed institutions that aim for a high degree of teacher autonomy
and parent involvement—in some of the poorest neighborhoods in Los Angeles, as well as one in the Bronx. Full Story »

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Janet H Woods
4.6
by Janet H Woods - May. 8, 2009

The quality is in the details, the narrative, the point of view. That point of view is not necessarily objective -- it is clear that Bar is the hero and Green Dot the successful educational innovation -- but it does not pretend to be. And the change in the schools is argument enough.

I think educational systems throughout the country have been failing the poor and the troubled, and applaud those who are making a difference.

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