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Catherine Ferguson Academy (CFA) was a charter-operated high school in Detroit, Michigan for pregnant girls and teen mothers, in operation from 1986 through 2014.〔〔 The school had an urban farm in its backyard〔 and provided day care and preschool education for the students' children. CFA received awards and was the subject of documentaries and media coverage due to its academic success. During 2010, its last full year of operation as a school district-operated public school, it boasted a 97 percent attendance rate and a 90 percent high school graduation rate, with the vast majority of students going on to either a two or a four-year college.〔 As a member of Detroit Public Schools, it was under control of an Emergency Manager and scheduled to be shut in June 2011 as part of a system-wide deficit reduction plan. Protests and national media attention focused on keeping the school open, and the school's operations were privatized under a new district created for Blanche Kelso Bruce Academy, a charter operator with local ties.〔 As of August 2011, state and federal funds amounting to $13,500 per student were to be going to the charter operator who ran the school on a for-profit basis.〔〔 ==Background== Catherine Ferguson Academy was founded in Detroit, Michigan in 1986 as a public school for pregnant girls and teen mothers.〔〔 It was named after a freed slave who dedicated herself to education,〔 though she was never allowed to learn to read or attend school as a child. CFA was housed in a former elementary school building which is about 90 years old,〔 and had an urban farm in its backyard where the students learn to grow vegetables as well as other skills required for self-sufficiency.〔 Most students came from lower income backgrounds—about 78 percent qualified for free or reduced meal programs—and 97 percent were of African American descent.〔 During the 2010 school year, CFA had a 97 percent attendance rate and a 90 percent high school graduation rate, with the vast majority of students going on to either a two or a four-year college.〔 CFA was converted from a public to a charter school in the fall of 2011.〔 The Academy was profiled in ''Oprah Magazine'' in 2008,〔 and on the ''Rachel Maddow Show'' of April 22, 2011. It won the Breakthrough High School award in 2004 given by the National Association of Secondary School Principals for outstanding achievement among schools with high poverty rates.〔〔〔 CFA was the subject of a 2010 award-winning documentary, "Grown in Detroit" by Dutch filmmakers Mascha and Manfred Poppenk in 2010.〔 In 2010 Rev. Jesse Jackson honored the film with the NCRC 'Community Empowerment Film Award'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Catherine Ferguson Academy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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