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Butler, Louise A. – Principal, 1997
Before a St. Louis (Missouri) school could raise student achievement, its principal had to break through several "false ceilings" to create a new standard of student performance. To achieve this goal, the principal refrained from underestimating her "at-risk" students, provided enrichment instead of remediation programs,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Blacks, Elementary Education
Joftus, Scott, Ed. – 2002
This paper explains that 6 million U.S. middle and high school students are in serious danger of being left behind as the nation begins to implement the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act legislation. While great attention has been paid to increasing early childhood education opportunities and ensuring that every child can read by third grade, little…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, College Preparation, Excellence in Education
