Posted on Nov 5th, 2009
San Diego County is home to a wide variety of charter schools. The attraction for many families is that charter schools are free to be innovative in the way they teach children while also being held accountable for student results. The schools operate on the basics of choice (families and teachers choose to be there), accountability (schools are judged on how well they meet their charter’s goals for students...
Posted on Jan 4th, 2010
You’ve probably heard of High Tech High (HTH), a charter school in San Diego, and you probably know that admission is by lottery. You may know that HTH began as a single high school and is now made up of a group of schools that teach students in grades from kindergarten through twelfth grade. And you might even know that HTH currently has three campuses around San Diego County: Point Loma, Chula Vista and...