Creating Quality Choices [electronic resource] : District Schools. Closing the Achievement Gap series / Tory Read.
The "Closing the Achievement Gap" series explores the Casey Foundation's education investments and presents stories, results, and lessons learned. This publication presents an in-depth look at the Foundation's multi-year investment in a school district feeder pattern in Atlanta,...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The "Closing the Achievement Gap" series explores the Casey Foundation's education investments and presents stories, results, and lessons learned. This publication presents an in-depth look at the Foundation's multi-year investment in a school district feeder pattern in Atlanta, and stories about Casey contributions to district improvement in Oakland and Philadelphia. Foundations contributions include: (1) Bringing partners to the table, enabling schools to provide multiple coordinated programs; (2) Funding a student success strategy consultant; (3) Civic Site team to enable school leadership to envision itself as part of an entire pattern to graduate young people prepared to succeed as adults; and (4) Funding work on curriculum assignment and school transition. [For the entire "Closing the Achievement Gap" series, see ED500487 through ED500493.] |
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| Item Description: | Availability: Annie E. Casey Foundation. 701 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. Tel: 410-547-6600; Fax: 410-547-6624; Web site: http://www.aecf.org/publications/index.php. Abstractor: ERIC. Educational level discussed: Elementary Secondary Education. |
| Physical Description: | 8 pages. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (Reports, Descriptive) |
| Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note: | Annie E. Casey Foundation. |