Inspirations for Educators
See what schools and educators are doing to help more kids succeed and go to college. Know of other examples? Send us a note to share them.
Featured Story
Be Bold
Diana Lam gained a national reputation for reform with high-profile superintendent jobs. Her approach: to encourage bold system-wide reform. “Our students didn’t change...what changed was our belief that they could do it." Continue reading about Lam
Short Takes
- Middle School grads ready for high school school
Raenel Jones, director of the Minneapolis Urban League Academy Elementary/Middle School, makes it a point to get involved in students' education. - Rochester schools tackle complex education achievement problems
Rochester is dealing with two kinds of achievement gaps, one made up of poor, minority kids, and another made up of white middle class kids. The kids who fall into either gap felt teachers had low expectations for them... Now, expectations are being raised. - St. Paul Public School students take free college and life planning tests
All 10th and 11th grade students will take PLAN and PSAT exams at no cost starting in 2007.
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