Monday, December 21, 2009

INNOVATION SCHOOLS RAISE LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS

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The Innovation Schools Act, passed by the Colorado legislature in 2008, permits public schools, groups of schools and school districts to escape some of the heaviest state regulations and the most restrictive collective bargaining agreements impossed by unions and to develop new, creative teaching models for delivering high-quality education to schoolchildren.

However, Innovation Schools are illegal in most states.

Their highly-centralized public regulatory structure prevents enterprising school leaders and teachers from creating school models designed to meet the educational needs of their students.

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