In Chapter 6 of Excellence Through Equity, the groundbreaking new work edited by Alan Blankstein and Pedro Noguera, contributors Avram Barlow and Ann Cook describe a nationally-recognized consortium of New York State public secondary schools that shifted our current, test-centered assessment paradigm by introducing an
In chapter 4 of Excellence Through Equity, the bold, new work by Alan Blankstein and Pedro Noguera, contributor Linda Harper tells the moving story of Success Prep Academy, a model program in Alabama that supports students at risk of leaving high school with life-changing
In Chapter 3 of Noguera and Blankstein’s new book Excellence Through Equity, contributor Carol Corbett Burris details the much-lauded detracking effort that was enacted across the Rockville Centre School District and virtually eliminated achievement gaps. Detracking by getting rid of the lowest track was the strategy