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Sacramento -- California Business for Education Excellence (CBEE) announced today the schools named to the 2009 Honor Roll. The 2009 Honor Roll includes 1,317 California public elementary, middle and high schools that have been recognized by California’s business community for having demonstrated consistent high student academic achievement and have made significant progress toward closing achievement gaps among all their students. The Honor Roll is made up of two different awards, the Star Schools Award (400 schools) and Scholar Schools Award (917 schools). A full list of the Honor Roll schools, can be found at on our Honor Roll Page. “These schools are the bright spots of hope in efforts to raise student academic achievement and close persistent achievement gaps,” said Kirk Clark, executive director of CBEE. “By highlighting them, recognizing their achievement and giving them a voice we hope other schools can learn from these proven practices and we can begin to take their success to scale throughout the state.” For the entire article please click here Business Community and the CSU Launch the Center to Close the Achievement Gap (July 14, 2009) The business community and California State University have launched a partnership aimed at improving public schools by changing the way the university trains teachers and administrators. Serving as the focal point for the effort will be the newly created California State University Center to Close the Achievement Gap, which will transform the preparation and performance of new teachers and administrators in participating CSU schools of education across the state. The center will focus on sharing successes and best practices in public education. For the entire release please click here
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