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Lynn, Randy; Glynn, Jennifer – Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, 2019
Since 2012, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has supported educational enrichment in rural areas by awarding over $3.3 million in grants to six outstanding organizations operating in Iowa, Indiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. In this report, the authors combine the experiences of these organizations with findings from the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Rural Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
Moskowitz, Eva; Lavinia, Arin – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2012
Eva Moskowitz (the founder and CEO of the Success Charter Network in Harlem) and Arin Lavinia offer practical, classroom-tested ideas for dramatically improving teaching and learning. Moskowitz and Lavinia reveal how a charter school in the middle of Harlem, enrolling neighborhood children selected at random, emerged as one of the top schools in…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Teacher Improvement, Urban Schools, Achievement Gap
Education Trust-West, 2017
Educational opportunities and outcomes for California's Latino students have improved over the last half century. Even so, Latino students continue to face barriers in opportunity that make it harder for them to achieve college, career, and future success. The goal of this report is to describe what Latino students currently experience in…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Access to Education, Equal Education, Educational Quality
Dunbar, Donald A.; Salazar, Irene M. – 1985
The Gifted and Talented Program (GAT) of the Mellon Junior High School, Mt. Lebanon School District, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was evaluated in 1985. Questionnaires were sent to 139 parents and 50 academic teachers. In addition, 9 teachers, 4 administrators, and 12 parents were interviewed. Responses were summarized in detail regarding 14 topics,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Assessment, Individualized Education Programs