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Annual Report Special Edition 2004 The Classical Academy of Colorado Springs, a K-6 Core Knowledge School, was one of five schools in the country selected by the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education for its 2002-2003 Creative Ticket National School of Distinction Award. This program recognizes schools that have an outstanding arts education program. This school was also one of five charter school accredited by the American Academy for a Liberal Education. It has a long list of students waiting for entry. |
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Bridging the Way to New Alliances Founder
and Board Chairman, E. D. Hirsch, Jr.
continues to be our roving ambassador, promoting
educational reform and seeking like-minded allies in many places
around the country. In
February he appeared on an educational panel in
Washington,
D.C.
where the book Our
Schools and Our Future, published under the auspices of the
American Federation of Teachers, was discussed.
March saw the usual enthusiastic response to his address before the annual Core Knowledge Conference in Phoenix. In April he addressed the White House Forum on Civic Literacy in Washington, D.C. where he and Polly were feted at a dinner hosted by Vice President and Mrs. Cheney. In May Professor Hirsch addressed an audience at Boston University on the rationale for a coherent early curriculum. He continued his association with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and in September attended a meeting there of the Koret Task Force on Education. December found him in Chicago for an address before the educational leaders of Cleveland Conference, explaining the educational theories behind the development of Core Knowledge. In October he was back in Washington, D.C. for a celebration of reform progress sponsored by the Center for Education Reform and attended by Secretary of Education Rod Paige, Governor Jeb Bush, Senator Eugene Hickok of New Hampshire, John Walton of the Walton Foundation, and others. Professor Hirsch was awarded one of two "Excellence in Education" prizes given for the first time in 2003 by the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation of Dayton, Ohio. The prize, honoring his work in education reform and bearing a cash award of $25,000, was presented in February at the Capitol Hilton in Washington, D. C. Bridging the Knowledge Gap/ Highlights for 2003/ A Message from The President/ Building Bridges to Schools/ Building Bridges with Words/ Bridging the Content Gap in Teacher Education/ Connecting to Core Knowledge Teachers: 2003 Conference/ A Bridge to Literacy: The Reading Program/ Preschool: Paving the Way to Future Learning/ Bridging the Way to New Alliances/ Financial Status
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