In The News
Here are recent mentions in the news of TurnAround Schools and affiliates of our No Excuses University network.
TurnAround Schools News
- Principal Magazine's publication of College Readiness For All: What's The Alternative? by Damen Lopez. Go to the NAESP blog to discuss this article.
- WestEd's SchoolsMovingUp features an interview with Jeff King and TurnAround Schools' Damen Lopez.
No Excuses University News
- Parents urged to raise expectations
- Williams Elementary prepares kids for college
- Dove Academy: The end goal is a college degree
- Teacher Education Teams Up With Adopted Class for Read Across America
- Cassandra Willis, principal of Home Gardens Elementary School (a No Excuses University) is recognized by the LA Lakers for her excellence.
- Arizona Football Players Bring Holiday Cheer to Local First Grade Classroom
- A major medical university adopts an NEU school's health office
- SAGE Students Adopt First-Graders as Pen Pals
- 'College culture' now in all District 68 schools
- Local School Not Taking Any Excuses from Students or Teachers
- OHIO "adopted" by Arizona elementary class
- Auburn school is first 'No Excuses University' in New York
- No Excuses accepted at Hollingworth School in Rowland Unified
- Hanover Highlands named No Excuses University
- At Genesee Elementary School in Auburn, 'no excuses' for not succeeding
- Former Jacks inspire future Jacks
- "No Excuses" for Tolzien
- Grade schools make strides to promote college-bound culture via Texas School Business
- Think you're not college material? 'No Excuses University' tells grade-schoolers to think again
- Giant Red Bird Spotted in Hallways of Hoffman Estates School
- San Rafael's Bahia Vista joins No Excuses University
- Students hop on the college train at Hanover Countryside Elementary
- Ivy League Schools help create a college-bound culture at Cecile Foerster Elementary School.
- It's elementary: Getting ready for college starts early at Hollingworth and Geddes Elementary Schools
- Melanie C. Johnson writes of Vermont Elementary School's involvement with No Excuses University in The Press Enterprise
- San Jacinto Elementary School implements NEU principles and moves from and moves from the lowest preforming school in Amarillo to "recognized" by the state of Texas!
- Will San Jacinto Elementary's students attend college? It's no longer 'if', but 'when'.
- The Marin Independent Journal recognizes San Rafael's Bahia, the newest No Excuses University
- NEU at Lake Louise awarded the Illinois Spotlight School Award
- HarvestValley Elementary School draws media attention for their for their college-bound focus
- Walking toward the future - Students aim higher at San Jacinto Elementary School
- KFDI Channel 10 says San Jacinto Elementary accepts no excuses for poverty
- KVII Channel 7 highlights San Jacinto Elementary (a No Excuses University) in its story: San Jacinto accepts no excuses (includes video)
- Syracuse University Magazine discusses a classroom partnership with Madoc Powell's second-grade classroom at Winchester Elementary School: "West Coast Class Shows SU Pride"
- Los Peñasquitos Elementary School is highlighted by Poway California's News Chieftain.
- The Ceres Courier features Don Pedro Elementary School and their acceptance as a No Excuses University.
- Lincoln School joins "No Excuses University" network
- University of Illinois Alumni Association at Urbana features No Excuses University's Fox Elementary School: Early Learners
- The Valley Chronicle features No Excuses University's Winchester Elementary School: Elementary School Promotes College Early
- The Press-Enterprise features No Excuses University's Winchester Elementary School: Program Promotes College Readiness In Youngest Students
- The Chicago Tribune features No Excuses University's Fox Elementary School: College Spirit Targets Test Scores
- The Daily Herald features No Excuses University's Fox Elementary School: Teaching Kids College Just Part of Life
- The Press-Enterprise features No Excuses University's Collett Elementary School: College Bound