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...controversial, then so be it. We are pleased with what Achieva has done so far, and we will continue to have its people work with us for as long as they help us to show continued improvement for our students. FRED DE FUNIAK, PRINCIPAL Silver Creek High School San Jose, Calif...
...Crimson now looks ahead to the NCAA playoffs, which culminate in a title match in San Jose, California...
...people here in Silicon Valley think Jobs is an arrogant ass. I don't really care. Every time I fire up my beautiful new Power Mac G4 computer, I thank God and Steve for saving me from the awful alternative. DARRELL GORR San Jose, Calif...
...dean of the education school at the University of Virginia. Watson counters that Achieva regularly does pro bono work in poor schools and has a free summer academy in East Palo Alto, a disadvantaged neighborhood. The company also has counseling contracts with seven high schools in low-income San Jose, where Achieva works with hundreds of kids who can't afford Watson's services. "We're doing well and doing good," Watson says. The counseling done free or under contract with the San Jose schools, which is usually done less frequently and in groups, is no match for the intensive...
...what does it mean for Achieva to be coming to the rescue of some public schools? It has become routine for schools to hire private companies to do, say, catering and security. But when the seven high schools in San Jose's East Side Union school district contracted with Achieva for college counseling, it marked perhaps the first time a business had been hired in public schools to handle an academic area. And this year Fred deFuniak, principal of Silver Creek High School, is thinking of hiring Achieva not only for test prep but also to teach reading and writing...