St. Louis Academies
The School Choices home-page
says,
"The St Louis Academies, started
by inner-city black ministers, are an example of charter schools arising
from a religious
community's response to local needs. You can read the
fascinating story of these non-religious schools and their visionary
leaders: a bishop and a marine."
This page is a guide to "the fascinating story."
Here is what happened and why: Sunday School and Beyond: black ministers start schools to fill in gaps by Craig Savoye for The Christian Science Monitor, January 29, 2002. (7.2 k)
More about the political context (*): The Bishop and the Marine for the Wall Street Journal, August 28, 2001. (5.2 k) * Yes, they now have a charter sponsor, the University of Missouri at Rolla. [the link no longer works -- http://www.childrenfirstamerica.org/DailyNews/01Aug/082801.html]
More of the fascinating
details in a four-part series by King Kaufman for Salon, beginning October
29, 2001. (5.1 k per page, average)
1.
Tuition-free, back-to-basics, inner-city private schools
2.
"It's a passion to work with impoverished learners."
3.
"We're operating on a shoestring, there's no doubt," Daniels says.
4.
"A lot of times these unfriendly streets don't allow you to be disciplined,
you can get caught up."
Worldviews and Religion in Public Schools