Sweating the Small Stuff
This article tells the story of six remarkable inner city secondary schools that have eliminated the achievement gap…or at least come close. They are living proof that poor, minority kids can learn as much as middle class white kids — and that great schools can make an enormous difference in their lives, thus giving the lie to defeat- sits, determinists, and apologists who insist that this isn’t really possible in today’s America. But they are also proof that it isn’t easy.
Well worth reading
