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Direct linkWhitman, David – Education Next, 2008
By the time youngsters reach high school in the United States, the achievement gap is immense. Some remarkable inner-city schools, however, are showing that the achievement gap can be closed, even at the middle and high school level, if poor minority kids are given the right kind of instruction. In this article, the author features six schools…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Cultural Context
