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Article: Norfolk (Va.) Public Schools Wins Top Public Education Prize; Norfolk Teachers Union President Credits Labor-Management Collaboration
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- September 20, 2005
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Marian Flickinger,
president of the Norfolk (Va.) Federation of Teachers, credited a
committed labor-management partnership that confronted the "brutal
facts" of poor academic achievement as the primary catalyst for
significant improvements that led to Tuesday's award of the nation's
top prize in public education to the Norfolk school district.
The Norfolk Public Schools won the largest share -- $500,000 -- of
the $1 million Broad Prize for Public Education, which annually
honors urban districts that make significant gains in test scores,
particularly among poor and minority students.
"There was a real collaboration on everyone's part," Flickinger ...