Flashback

April 1998
Flashback

Charter Schools—The eight-member design team for the Charter School Model Leadership Training Project met at NWREL in February to plan a summer training academy. Pictured are Doug Thomas (background) of the Center for School Change, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; and Tom Pickerell, Director of Legal Services, Arizona School Boards Association, Phoenix, Arizona.

Rural Education—Five teacher-student teams presented their innovative community-based learning projects to partner sites, school board administrators, and the NWREL Rural Education Advisory Committee at a February forum in Portland. The forum, Letting Kids Make a Difference in Their Communities, focused on community-based learning. Among the student participants were: (from left) Gwen Umphrey, a graduate of Montana's St. Ignatius High School who is now at the University of Montana; Natalie Tinajero and Liza Murdock of Morris Schott Middle School, Mattawa, Washington; and Mika Maloney of Washington's White Pass High School.

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Charter Schools—The eight-member design team for the Charter School Model Leadership Training Project met at NWREL in February to plan a summer training academy. Pictured are Doug Thomas (background) of the Center for School Change, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; and Tom Pickerell, Director of Legal Services, Arizona School Boards Association, Phoenix, Arizona.