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Edits to Sci Academy
Welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for editing Sci Academy. Here are some things about your edits: Remember that as per WP:V secondary sources (newspaper articles, journal articles, etc.) are the primary building blocks of these articles. If you think a newspaper source mis-reported on the subject, find another source that contradicts it, or ask the newspapers to do a correction. New information needs new sources. You have to cite new sources if you add new information. WhisperToMe (talk) 03:27, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 * 1. Since the school does seem to be legally "Sci Academy" I changed the name of the article
 * 2. The October 2010 lawsuit really did happen. Please do not remove negative information from the article. This is a significant development since the Southern Poverty Law Center represented the parents and Bloomberg reported on it
 * 3. The Chang article does say "Talk of college is unrelenting, with coursework supplemented by weekly seminars on what to wear to an interview and why it is important to know how to use formal speech." - Is there information from the school to the contrary? Or if this is no longer the case, then just add an "as of 2010"
 * 4. The "Curriculum" section was properly sourced from newspaper articles, such as this one ("In its first year, Marcovitz says, SciAcademy began teaching a standard freshman curriculum: one period of English, one period of algebra, and so on. But the staff learned quickly that this would not serve the students. “They have to learn to read better first,” says Marcovitz. SciAcademy added a literacy program, with classes in phonics and fluency. The entire curriculum “basically changed over a weekend.”") and this one ("Out went novels like Lord of the Flies. In came an extra class on writing and grammar."). If there is new information please add it in addition to the old stuff.
 * 5. The bit about Marcovitz teaching at Saint Mary's Academy needs a source.
 * 6. The Chang article also says: "Most are young, white and from out of state. Marcovitz hand-selects them by traveling twice to California, New York or wherever they are currently teaching: once to give constructive criticism, the second time to see whether his suggestions have been incorporated." - If this is not true anymore, you need a new source saying that he stopped doing it, or add "as of XXX year" to date the information. Also, we must specify the race if the newspaper article specifies that most are white.
 * 7. Your changes to the bit about the reduction in fighting were correct. And I apologize for any errors in interpreting the passage. The sourced passage says "Students bring with them the same set of social ills -- single-parent homes, violence-plagued neighborhoods, poverty-related health problems -- found at other urban high schools. Fights like the one that broke out that rainy October morning become less frequent once the faculty convinces new students that they are safe at school and do not need to prove their toughness, Marcovitz said."
 * 8. The Abramson part is correct. The article says "This year, Sci Academy is housed in modular buildings at the old Abramson campus on Read Boulevard, after moving during the summer from another set of modular buildings on Dwyer Road. " - I must have made an error when I wrote "Anderson"... - The article does say "If it rains too hard, the makeshift hallway coverings are not enough to keep students dry, and classes have to be delayed."