District discovers low scores

While perusing Education Intelligence Agency (it has something of an ominous ring), I came across this little tidbit:

District Pulls Charter of Los Angeles School. Good news for charter opponents: The Valley Community Charter School lost its charter for failing to improve student test scores. Bad news for charter opponents: The school's curriculum was based on the principles of John Dewey, with a lot of discovery learning and progressive education features.

Would that districts moved that fast with regular public schools!

Also, don't forget that the coloful Carnival of Education is going on the road. This week it will be hosted by Jenny D. Let's all make the Carnival a continuing success.

Submissions for the The Carnival of Education Week 7 should be sent to: jdemonte at comcast dot net no later than 10 pm Eastern, or 7 pm Pacific time, on Tuesday, March 22, 2005.