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NPT Reports: Charter to Convert Failing Schools in Nashville

Published on April 18, 2012 By lturner

Nashville’s Cameron School is actually two schools in one building. One part of the building is a traditional public school (Cameron Middle School), whose staff is aggressively working to get rid of the label it acquired in recent years as a “failing school.” The other part (Cameron College Prep) is a charter school run by [...]

(NPT Reports) New Charter School Learns from Mistakes of Others

Published on September 12, 2011 By lturner

One of Nashville’s newest charter schools opened in early August with 88 students, all kindergarteners who are preparing– not for first grade– but for college. That’s the main objective at East End Preparatory. “Our mission is to get them college-ready,” says Jim Lekrone, director of the school. “If they hear it all the time, they’re [...]