Angelica Solis-Montero, Executive Director of the L.A. Coalition for Excellent Public Schools (LACEPS), wrote an op-ed about how the pandemic has impacted LA’s public charter school students. Alliance College-Ready Public Schools is part LACEPS.
The Los Angeles Times interviews several members of the Alliance Community regarding the impact of COVID-19 on college access. Read the full article at LATimes.com Throughout Los Angeles, counselors have had a hard time reaching many of their students. The lack of reliable technology continues to be an issue. Most troubling, counselors said, some students…
DetailsEarlier this fall, the California Department of Education invited Alliance Ouchi High School Principal Dea Tramble and Assistant Principal Jaime Hahn to present to more than 150 educators from across the state at the annual California Assessment Conference regarding the successes of the school’s math program. The presentation, entitledA Case Study – One School’s Journey…
DetailsOver the past months members of the Alliance staff have been working to update the English Language Arts (ELA) curricula to reflect greater diversity. Over the past spring and summer, members of the Alliance ELA School Support team–-including Megan McGrail, David Schnall, Anne Krieg, Parinaz Banks, and Melissa Green––began a critical assessment of middle and…
DetailsThe U.S. Department of Education recently announced the 2020 National Blue Ribbon Schools awards, a prestigious recognition for schools’ overall academic achievement or progress in closing achievement gaps among scholar subgroups. This year, Alliance Burton Tech has been named as a recipient of the award for their exemplary achievement in closing gaps for scholars. Burton…
DetailsCongratulations Class of 2020–we are so proud of you! Some of our graduates at Neuwirth Academy share what graduation means to them.
Alliance Kory Hunter Middle School adapts a co-teaching model for distance learning with successful results for scholars and teachers. Upon reviewing Alliance Kory Hunter Middle School academic data a few years ago, Principal Omar Reyes found that the needs of the most vulnerable population of scholars––English Learners and Students with Disabilities––were not fully met. He…
DetailsDear Alliance Families, On Thursday, June 18, 2020, the Supreme Court upheld the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, rejecting the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the program in a monumental 5-4 decision. This is a historic decision, and one of great relief, for the nearly 700,000 DACA recipients currently living in the United…
Details6/2/20 – The end of the school year typically calls for a celebration. Yet this past week has been one of anger, outrage, and sorrow. “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”–– James Baldwin Dear Friends, The end of the school year typically calls for…
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