Tuesday, April 19, 2016

In the News ... “Greater Ideal provides education program worth replicating"

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• "We know we can’t do anything without God."

Stewart Doreen, Editor in Chief
Midland Reporter-Telegram

MIDLAND, TEXAS - Educate Texas’ Chris Coxon was crystal clear when he said Midland’s road back to academic redemption doesn’t start with spending millions of dollars on the latest and greatest programs. It starts at home.

Academic revival, he said, starts with programs already working in Midland. Figure out what works well on one campus and transfer it as needed.

It will be obvious what campuses have programs that work. Early College High School at Midland College has a student population of economically disadvantaged students and potentially first-generation college students but it is Midland ISD’s second-highest ranking school behind Carver Center.

Other programs might not be as obvious. Some might not even be located on an MISD campus, such as the summer program at Greater Ideal Baptist Church ...

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