News Articles
2008
West Valley area students ditch junk food at lunchtime
Mercury News, April 10, 2008
Dr. Louise Waters named CEO of Leadership Public Schools
San Francisco Business Times, February 21, 2008
2007
Charter Schools Outperform
Regular Schools in Middle Grades. But Further Study Needed to
Find Out Why, Researcher Says
San Francisco Chronicle, June 13, 2007
2006
Hayward
Students Get Break from the Grind in Week Without
Walls
The Daily Review, May 28, 2006
Campbell Parents
Need Access to Facts on Charter School
San Jose Mercury News, May 25, 2006
2005
Leaders Try to Foster
Charter-District Ties
Education Week, October 26, 2005
SUSD (Stockton Unified School
District) Reviewing Charter Proposal
The Record, October 12, 2005
New School in Hayward Charts Different Course -- Parents
and Students Praise No-Nonsense Approach (part 1, part 2)
Hayward Daily Review, September 28, 2005
Inner-City Charter School Kids
Get Look at Stanford -- Learning What it Takes to Go to
College
San Francisco Chronicle, August 25, 2005
Charter School Finally Finds Home
-- Hayward Board Changes Direction, Leases Site to
Organization
Hayward Daily Review, July 28, 2005
VC Cash Aids East Bay Push for
Charter Schools
East Bay Business Times, June 24, 2005
A Bridge for the
Underclass
The Washington Post, June 13, 2005
Week Without Walls
Evergreen Times, May 9, 2005
Book on Charter Schools Draws
Mixed Reactions
Education Week, April 27, 2005
Charter High School Given Green
Light
San Jose Mercury News, April 7, 2005
Leadership Charter School to Open
In Fall
Hayward Daily Review, March 11, 2005
Minority Students' Plight Ignored
-- Campbell Area Opponents Would Deny Parents a Tool to Help
Kids Reach College
San Jose Mercury News, March 4, 2005
Charter School Eyes Expansion --
Hearing Tonight: Non-Profit Wants Campbell Campus for
Small-Class Approach to Narrowing Achievement Gap
San Jose Mercury News, March 2, 2005
Charter School Demands New
Home
Contra Costa Times, February 11, 2005
School Runaround: Why Parents Are
Frustrated
San Jose Mercury News, February 6, 2005
2004
Nonprofit Proposes New Charter
School -- Facility Would Serve Hayward's Most Underachieving
Students
The Daily Review, April 8, 2004
2003
Charter School Oversight Means
Better Education
Christian Science Monitor, December 12, 2003
State charter law requires failed
schools to shut down
Contra Costa Times, November 30, 2003
New School Opens Doors for
Students
Contra Costa Times, October 15, 2003
School Board Wisely Grants
Charter to Leadership
San Jose Mercury News, September 5, 2003
Charter Schools in Uncharted Waters (part 1, part 2)
California Journal, August 2003
Saying
No to Innovation
San Jose Mercury News, March 19, 2003
Richmond School is Granted
Charter
Contra Costa Times, March 2, 2003
2002
Board to Vote on Richmond
Charter Bid
Contra Costa Times, December 14, 2002
Press Releases
January 30, 2008: Leadership Public Schools Names New
CEO
June 7, 2007:
Orientation Day at Stanford, Graduation Day at Berkeley;
Community Leader and Activist Dolores Huerta honors Richmond
Leadership Public Schools First Graduating Class
February 13, 2007:
Leadership Public Schools seeks ASSETs funding from CDE
August 16, 2005: Leadership
Public Schools Appoints Alex Terman Chief Operating Officer;
Terman also receives prestigious selection as a Broad
Resident
August 1, 2005: Leadership
Public Schools Receives $1 Million to Build
Network of California Charter Schools; contribution from Gap
Inc. founders' Pisces Foundation supports Bay Area school
growth
June 14, 2005: Leadership
Public Schools Raises $5M to Establish New Public Charter
Schools in California; NewSchools Venture Fund investment
will help create a system of new small charter high schools
in underserved neighborhoods
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