Fall, 1997 No.3  National Network of Partnership Schools

School Report

Lake County School
Reports Partnerships on Good Morning America

Skeen Elementary School in Leesburg, Florida—a Lake County School District Partnership School—was featured on Good Morning America in its 1997 back-to-school series on August 25. The show learned about Skeen's work in the National Network of Partnership Schools from a Wall Street Journal article on homework. Sandra Aiken, a segment producer for GMA stated, "We were looking for schools with a different take on education in America today. Skeen with its loyal band of volunteer parents and its 'interactive' homework program seemed like a match." GMA followed one parent volunteer home with her second grader to show the mother and son interacting on homework.

The Key Contact for Partnership Schools in Lake County is Diana H. Brown, at the Effective Teaching Center—a collaborative program of the district school board and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Educational Research and Dissemination Program. Currently, seven Lake County schools are members of the Network, and all are working with Diana Brown to create excellent programs of school, family, and community partnerships.

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