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This appears in the May 2012 issue of the Excelsior.
“We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed.” (The Late U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan, 1976)
Like Barbara Jordan in 1976, we in Kalamazoo have had an optimism about the past six years, borne of The Kalamazoo Promise and the subsequent school district reforms, community commitment, and...
This appears in the April 2012 Excelsior.
“We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed.” — The Late U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan, 1976
Like Barbara Jordan in 1976, we in Kalamazoo have had an optimism about the past six years, borne of the Kalamazoo Promise and the subsequent school district reforms, community commitment, and improvements in student...
This appears in the March 2012 issue of the Excelsior.
In the last four years, KPS has progressed in many different ways. In fact, from 2008-2009 to 2010-2011, KPS raised its elementary and middle school reading and math state MEAP test results at twice the state’s rate of progress. Yes, we continue to have considerable room for improvement, but we have come a long way as well.
While appreciating the improvements in MEAP test results,...
This appears in the February 2012 issue of the Excelsior.
In 1967, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. served four days in jail for a contempt of court conviction associated with the 1963 Birmingham civil rights struggle. Dr. King went to jail with three books in his hands: the Bible, the book of his faith; “The Confessions of Nat Turner,” a book related to his interest in race politics; and “The New Industrialist State,” a work about his interest in economics.
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This appears in the January 2012 issue of the Excelsior.
I wish for a world
with more mentors and tutors
for my children,
and a world
that has less need
...
This appears in the December 2011 Excelsior.
In January, Kalamazoo enters a new era in its quest to become the first city to become a literacy community in the United States. In January, six community sites will begin to operate as part of our community literacy initiative.
New Genesis Education Center will be our north side site. Open Door Ministries and Trenches Community Church will be our east side sites. The Hispanic American Council and the Boys & Girls Club...
This appears in the November 2011 Excelsior.
For years, the Kalamazoo Public Library (KPL) has been a terrific promoter of reading in the community and a great Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS) partner. This fall, KPL and KPS have come together for another important joint endeavor: making sure that all 1,169 KPS first graders have KPL library cards and are library users.
Traditionally, KPS promoted library usage, both in the schools and in the community. KPL...
In addition to educating 1,143 students in our summer-school program at 5 different sites and sending 7,864 books to our 983 5th graders, KPS was involved, among many other activities, in the following projects during the summer.
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