ABUS Spotlight – The O’Farrell Charter School
AMERICA’S BEST URBAN SCHOOLS SPOTLIGHT The O’Farrell Charter School San Diego Unified School District San Diego, CA Grades K-12 Principals: Jill Anderson, Anne Mathews, Brian Rainey WEBSITE ENROLLMENT: 1,929 Latino 55% Black 15% Filipino 15% Multi-Racial 6% Asian 5% White 2% Free/ Reduced Lunch 62% Students With Disabilities 11% English Learners 18% The O’Farrell Charter […]
ABUS Spotlight – R. N. Harris Integrated Arts/Core Knowledge Magnet School
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ABUS Spotlight – Weems Elementary School
[vc_row][vc_column][gem_divider margin_bottom=”16″ class_name=”16″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Weems Elementary School Manassas City Public Schools Manassas, Virginia Grades: PK – 4 2015 America’s Best Urban Schools Award Winner [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”31769″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Weems Elementary School serves over 700 students in grades pre-Kindergarten through fourth grade. Students at Weems Elementary School take ownership of their learning, setting […]
Excellence, Equity, and the Arts
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1509477617117{padding-top: -100px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Excellence, Equity, and the Arts [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Each year, as we conduct the site visits to our America’s Best Urban Schools award finalist schools, we look for evidence of excellence in three critical areas – curricula, instruction, and school climate. We spend the day of the visit observing teaching and learning, sitting in […]
