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Is This The Best High School in America?

CJW, September 1, 2010 6:10 PM

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How these six minutes may change your idea of education in America.  Phillips Exeter, Harvard Westlake & Lawrenceville may be taking notes from this San Diego charter school leading the next wave.

Innovation in schools can look and sound much like High Tech High in San Diego, where the graduation rate is 100%, college acceptance and test scores excel.

Why don't our schools look more like this?


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