KTLA joined several other news broadcasters and reporters from around the Los Angeles area for an open house to show how NMSC is using technology such as eChalk to “affectively reverse the achievement gap” (quote below).

From the L.A. Daily Breeze:

“New Millennium Secondary School, an LAUSD charter that is entering its third year of operation out of a Carson mall, saw its first CAHSEE results. They were decent: 81 percent passing English and 80 percent in math, about on par with the statewide average and greater than the six public schools that New Millennium students would otherwise attend.

“We’re really proud of our results and becoming one of the leading schools in the area despite only being around for two years,” said school Executive Director Tony Kline.

Kline attributed the school’s results to block scheduling that allows students to spend 90 minutes on math and on English every day. He was especially pleased by results showing that African-American students – who account for about three-quarters of the school’s enrollment of about 425 – performed nearly on par with the statewide average for math and above average for English.

“We essentially eliminated the achievement gap,” Kline said.”