Ricardo Flores Magon Academy: New leadership brings changes for once-troubled charter school

Melanie Asmar February 17, 2014 10:50AM

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A lot has changed at the Ricardo Flores Magon Academy, a local charter school whose stellar test scores belied the tense environment that characterized the school when we wrote about it in November 2011. In March 2012, the founder of the school -- and the man who teachers and parents said was the source of many of its problems -- resigned his post. Now, two years later, the 320-student school is under new leadership. And with the help of several staff members who've returned to teach there, it's working hard to improve its academics and school culture.

Ricardo Flores Magon Academy: New leadership brings changes for once-troubled charter school

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