More than one-third of the students in the San Diego schools were enrolled in the Choice Program for the 2005-2006 school year The program gives parents the ability to transfer their children from their assigned school to one that offers more academic opportunities or specific school attributes

This July, Annie Santana, a Spanish teacher at Mission Bay High School, part of the San Diego schools, departed the city and headed for the island of Robinson Crusoe, Chile In the seventh year of her career, Santana joined the Fulbright teacher exchange program

On November 8th, the voters of who live in the Los Angeles schools district will be faced with their fourth proposition, called Measure Y The $3

As the San Diego schools graduating class of 2007 begin their senior year, school district superintendents across San Diego County are celebrating The San Diego County Schools announced in September that, as of the class of 2006, the gap in passing the crucial math portion of the state exit exam is nearly closed between black/Latino and white/Asian students

Los Angeles schools announced the results of the 2004-2005 school year, state-mandated California High School Exit Exam Of the students slated to graduate in 2006, 69 percent (more than two thirds) of the class passed both the English language arts and the mathematics portions of the exam

In 2003, the Los Angeles schools implemented a new policy of graduation requirements The intention was to graduate Los Angeles schools students that were better-educated and groomed for college and high-level jobs

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation made an investment of $21 million in Chicago Schools to strengthen the students? preparation for college The gift funds the Chicago High School Redesign Initiative, which will provide for major improvements in high school curriculum and instruction to ensure the students are prepared to succeed in college and career

Most parents assume that their children are getting an equitable education, regardless of where they attend school or in what district However, Chicago schools may differ in educational opportunities, depending upon several factors ? the most prominent being the percentage of low-income students and the quality of property values within the different districts

The old Brach?s plant is located at 401 N Cicero, just north of Lake Street, in a community that has seen many of its Chicago schools closed and others placed on academic probation

The Illinois State Board of Education has approved the state?s first virtual public elementary school, the Chicago Virtual Charter School The Board acted against State Superintendent Randy Dunn?s recommendation to disapprove the Chicago schools application, as well as against the opposition of the powerful Chicago Teachers Union, by voting a five-to-four approval