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January 24, 2012
Leadership Public Schools and the Education Revolution
Read the full article - Cassidy: Don't bet against Neeru Khosla's idea to save our schools, January 22, 2012, San Jose Mercury News
CK-12/LPS "College Access Readers"
Leadership Public Schools has been working with the CK-12 Foundation since 2010 to develop a line of free, open-source, online curriculum resources tailored to address one of the most pressing issues in urban education today: how to teach rigorous content and literacy skills simultaneously. The following are currently available online:
Flexmath by Todd McPeak, CK-12 Math Specialist and former LPS Math Curriculum Specialist
College Access Reader: Algebra
Flexmath is a highly successful, web-based, interactive Algebra program with individualized practice and backfill support for numeracy skills that moved students 33 percentile points on the California Standards Test (CST). College Access Reader: Algebra 1 is CK-12 Algebra flexed to align with Flexmath and includes embedded literacy supports.
College Access Geometry by Michael Fauteux and Rosamaria Zapata, LPS-Hayward math teachers
College Access Reader: Geometry
College Access Geometry is a structured Geometry program of daily lesson plans and teacher supports that moved students 29 percentile points on the California Standards Test (CST). The College Access Reader: Geometry is CK-12 Geometry flexed to align with College Access Geometry and includes embedded literacy supports.
College Access Reader: Biology
A high school Biology flexbook with embedded literacy supports.