<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The Center for Education Reform&#187; Ivy Preparatory Academy</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.edreform.com/tag/ivy-preparatory-academy/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.edreform.com</link>
	<description>Since 1993, the leading voice and advocate for lasting, substantive and structural education reform in the U.S.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:26:51 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Excuse me. There&#039;s egg on your face.</title>
		<link>http://www.edreform.com/edspresso-shots/excuse-me-theres-egg-on-your-face/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edreform.com/edspresso-shots/excuse-me-theres-egg-on-your-face/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charter Schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gwinnett County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivy Preparatory Academy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Life Academy of Excellence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edspresso.com/?p=4092</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no more dedicated charter school foe than Gwinnett County Schools in Georgia. For years, they have targeted Ivy Preparatory Academy, a unique all-girls school in Norcross educating more than 300 students. First they denied Ivy its charter. Then they fought the state board which overruled their rejection. Then they fought the constitutionality of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img style="margin: 0px 2px;" title="eggonface" src="http://www.edreform.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/eggonface.jpg" alt="eggonface" width="145" height="150" align="right" />There is no more dedicated charter school foe than Gwinnett County Schools in Georgia. For years, they have targeted <a href="http://www.ivyprepacademy.org/" target="_blank">Ivy Preparatory Academy</a>, a unique all-girls school in Norcross educating more than 300 students.</p>
<p>First they denied Ivy its charter. Then they fought the state board which overruled their rejection. Then they fought the constitutionality of the state board. Then they <a href="http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2009/sep/11/gwinnett-county-files-lawsuit-over-charter-school/">cried foul over a funding allocation process</a> they say robs their kids of a quality education. That&#8217;s a lot of billable hours, no matter how you look at it. No big loss for a district with a $2 billion + annual budget, I guess.</p>
<p>But in this battle, David just keeps getting one up on Goliath. On the latest round of state tests, <a href="http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/localnews/headlines/98082924.html" target="_blank">every girl at Ivy Prep passed the reading and language exams</a>. To add a cherry on top of that, no traditional public school in Gwinnett County had multiple grade levels ace the tests, but its other charter school, <span id="storyText" class="headlines"><a href="http://www.newlifeacademyga.com/" target="_blank">New Life Academy of Excellence</a>, did.<br />
</span></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.edreform.com/edspresso-shots/excuse-me-theres-egg-on-your-face/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>