Talent Development High Schools are gaining recognition for their accomplishments. Take a look at these recent news stories or choose one from the archive.
Beyond The Wire: A Baltimore School Changes the Channel While the celebrated HBO series turns its lens on the city's failing urban schools, one high school there strives for success. That school is Baltimore Talent Development High School.
USA Today highlights Baltimore Talent Development High School. During the 2006-07 school year, USA Today reporter Greg Toppo wrote a series of four stories on Baltimore Talent Development High Schools. Online videos accompanied each newspaper story. The links to the stories, sidebars and videos follow:
Sept. 28, 2006 -- Baltimore Experiment curbs dropout rate Dec. 14, 2006 -- Student ‘superstar’ on brink of dropping out Sidebar First report cards of the year go out March 27, 2007 – School strives to create safe space for learning Sidebar Debate teams gets taste of success
June 20, 2007 -- School sticks with values Sidebar Inner-city teenagers get jazzed about “The Great Gatsby’
“Rethinking High School, preparing students for success in college, career and life” Report by WestEd for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation features Bridgeton High School among schools that overcome barriers to learning. Bridgeton was cited for its ninth-grade academy, part of the Talent Development model.
Education Week May 9, 2007 – Lack of Research, Data Hurts Dropout Efforts, Experts Say July 12, 2007 -- “The Graduation-Rate Crisis We Know, and What Can Be Done About It” Op-ed article by Robert Balfanz and Nettie Legters
NBC Nightly News – Oct. 28, 2006 – Segment on Baltimore Talent Development High School by Tom Costello Fox5 Morning Show (Washington, D.C.) – Segment on Baltimore Talent Development High School as part of a series on innovative schools. PBS – Tony Brown’s Journal -- December 29, 2006 through Jan. 4, 2007-- “An A+ Principal,” featuring Jeffrey Robinson, principal of Baltimore Talent Development High School.
NPR – Morning Edition, Interview with Nettie Legters as part of a series from Larry Abramson on Baltimore’s Northwestern High School
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