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Welcome to Citizens for Better Schools Contact Citizens for Better Schools What's New: Find the Latest Education News Here NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND REAUTHORIZATION UPDATE PAGE - NOW OPEN Anniston Citizens for Better Schools FAIRFIELD CITIZENS FOR BETTER SCHOOLS Jefferson County (Alabama) School System: Sylacauga Citizens for Better Schools 2007-2008 BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL CLOSINGS (HERE WE GO AGAIN - "DOWN SIZING, RIGHT SIZING, or CAPSIZING" ) BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL CLOSING WATCH: MORE SECRET MEETINGS More Busing in Birmingham With School Consolidations BIG SPENDERS - MOST COSTLY SCHOOLS NOT SMALL SCHOOLS Alabama School Districts Without One Month Reserve Fund The late Henry Sparks made Birmingham the financial envy of the state's education system Links About Birmingham City Schools SCHOOL TAKEOVER CORNER: BIRMINGHAM * DETROIT * SAINT LOUIS Worhtless BOE Guidelines and Frame Work For Superintendent Stan Mims, Lay Citizen Advisory Task Force (BOE Policy 6170) Sabotaged Citizens For Better Schools: Despite Free Space in SomeSchools, Many Packed Classrooms(How are Birmingham Classrooms?) COMING SOON: ** THE CHOICE: SCHOOL ZONING, BIG SCHOOLS - SMALL SCHOOLS (WHICH EDUCATES THE POOR BEST?)  BIRMINGHAM CITY SCHOOLS DECLINE: THEFT IN SCHOLS - INTERNAL CONTROLS LACKING Education Research on School Size: School Climate and Academic Achievement Thumbnail Facts: Birmingham Enrollment/ Teacher Loss Not Cause of $22 Million Bham BOE Losses Evidence Based Consequences of Increased School Size In Education: Big Is Not Better - Research Finds Small Schools Better for Poor and Black Students School Size and Grade Structure CLASS SIZE REDUCTION Class Size Comparison Changes For Parents - The Classroom Effects of Closing & Consolidating Schools GOLD FACULTY - BROWN PAST 50 WORKSHOP: BEYOND NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND - FULFILLING THE PROMISE OF BROWN Education Management and Leadership Curriculum and Instruction Education Finance, Economics, & Budget Monitoring Education Statistics & Thumbnail Facts: School size not saving Detroit schools form chopping blocks - Economies of scale Special, Exceptional, and Gifted and Talented Education Contact Your School, State, and Federal Representation Here! Favorite Links: Legal Resources - College Funding Opportunity The Good Common School Journal ALL SPORTS Birmingham - ALL THE TIME Brown Past 50 Symposium and Education Workshops GENDER EQUITY: Public Schools, Segregated Schools? Phillips Academy - Crisis in Student School Bus Transportation Topic Index: BREAKING SCHOOL CLOSING NEWS ** Citizens for Better Schools WE ARE "HOKIES" TOO!

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New Alabama high school Algebra example, can you help your child do these math problems?:

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West End High School students are being split apart to three schools in 2008-2009.  Receiving schools will include Parker, Jackson-Olin, and Wenonah High Schools.  Currently, ninety-three percent (93%) of West End students reside within safe walking distance of West End High.  Only one bus served West End in 2007-2008.  Please read the "More Busing. . ." link http://cfbsedu.org/rich_text_5.html  or see our Topic Index (left of this page)

Congrartulations, all high school and college grduates of 2008

Have you read your school board's Policy Manual. If not, get a copy and read it today