Best elementaries take different routes to success
February 04, 2010 Filed in:
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Leal and Scott Martindale, The Orange County Register
The Orange County Register
2010 Best Public Schools Report: Elementary Excellence – news,
profiles and a comprehensive database of 388 schools. Orange
County's best elementary schools include campuses receiving federal
subsidies for high student poverty levels and campuses with
parent-run foundations that raise hundreds of thousands of dollars
annually. They are sprawling, rural schools where cows can be seen
grazing in the hillsides and sparkling, state-of-the-art campuses
squeezed on all sides by million-dollar homes and parks and
libraries. One thing they all share, though, is a stunning ability
to innovate, to keep pace with the latest in teaching strategies
and to cultivate dynamic, multi-sensory learning
environments...