23 VALLEY SCHOOLS LAUDED FOR GOOD JOB.Byline: Daily News More than 200 public schools, including 23 in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , were honored Tuesday with Title I Academic Achievement Awards by the state Department of Education. Authorized by the federal No Child Left Behind Act The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110), commonly known as NCLB (IPA: /ˈnɪkəlbiː/), is a United States federal law that was passed in the House of Representatives on May 23, 2001 , the awards honor high-achieving schools with a large enrollment of low-income students. The winners had to show two times the achievement levels on the Academic Performance Index as those of other schools with similar socio-economic backgrounds. ``These schools, which often face the greatest challenges, should make everyone in the state of California proud of our investment in public education,'' said state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell
Jack T. O'Connell (born October 8, 1951) is a California politician. . Valley elementary schools receiving the award were Burbank, Canterbury, Chandler, Colfax, Gedhill Street, Hamlin Street, Haskell, Kester Avenue, Knollwood, Lanai Lanai (lənī`), island, 141 sq mi (365 sq km), central Hawaii, W of Maui island across the Auau Channel; Mt. Lanaihale (3,370 ft/1,027 m) is the island's highest point. For many years the island was used for sugarcane raising and cattle grazing. , Lemay, Lorne, John B. Monlux, Nestle Avenue, Plainview, Reseda, San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Sunland, Superior Steet, Tarzana, Tulsa, Valerio Primary Center and Winnetka. In Burbank, Santa Fe, Walt Disney and William McKinley elementary schools won the award, and Glendale's Balboa, Columbus, Benjamin Franklin and R.D. White elementary schools received the honor. Lisa Sodders, (818) 713-3663 lisa.sodders(at)dailynews.com |
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