Elm City school serves as model
New Hartford charter schools will be based on Amistad Academy
In an attempt to close the achievement gap between Hartford students and those from other parts of Connecticut, educators in Hartford have enlisted the help of a New Haven charter school that is among the best in the state.
Amistad Academy — a charter middle school less than two miles from Yale that posted some of the largest student performance gains in 2006 — will be used as a model for the creation of new charter schools in Hartford. The first step will be to open an elementary and middle school called Achievement First Hartford Academy in September 2008.
The new school,...
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