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...system is relatively small, making it easier to redirect. As in New York City, the board of education was recently dissolved, which means changes can be made without waiting for the blessing of a fractious body of overseers. And now that a third of Washington's kids are in charter schools, there is intense pressure on the public system to keep the students it still has. If they keep fleeing the system at the current rate, enrollment will drop 50% every 10 years...
...Quakers established some of the earliest independent schools in America: Philadelphia's William Penn Charter School was founded in 1689, New York's Friends Seminary in 1786, Sidwell in 1883 (when it was called the Friends' Select School). From the start, Quaker schools aimed to instill the distinct values of the faith, particularly that the "inner light" inside each person can guide them to divine truth. The early Quakers had no creed to teach or sacrament to unite and distinguish the congregation. Instead they taught a way of life, deeply democratic, severe and simple, that could be sustained only through...
...Unlike many other medical schools across the country, the Medical School does not own or operate its hospitals. The 15 affiliated hospitals are independent, non-profit entities, each of which operates under its own public charter and is governed by a separate board of trustees...
...Indian College, an oft-neglected component of Harvard’s earliest campus. The college, which was located near where Matthews Hall now stands, was intended to encourage Native youth in the pursuit of “knowledge and godliness,” as Harvard’s first charter instructed. The display’s artifacts were grouped thematically: “Literacy and the Indian College” recalled that the Indian College also housed the continent’s first printing press. The metal print-type pieces were later matched by researchers to the Eliot Bible...
...will go to someone else: Hunt has not been especially outspoken on how to expand charter schools and other alternatives to traditional public schools, which appears to be a priority for the Obama team...