100 Book Challenge® School Identified As #1 Middle School for Achieving Highest Gains for Middle School Students
San Antonio, Texas—Higgs, Carter, King Gifted and Talented Charter Academy has been nationally recognized and honored by New Leaders for New Schools’ Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC) program for its significant student achievement gain on the Texas TAKS achievement tests in 2007–08. Identified as the #1, top GOLD-GAIN school in the Middle School Division, educators at the school will each receive financial rewards of a minimum of $4,000 in recognition of their efforts and in exchange for working with New Leaders for New Schools to document and share the practices that led to the award-winning Gold gains. New Leaders for New Schools announced the EPIC awards for charter schools today.