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Download full textFrench, Dan; Miles, Karen Hawley; Nathan, Linda – Boston Foundation, 2014
This study explores the question of how Boston Public Schools (BPS) can strengthen and support autonomy and accountability across its portfolio to promote innovation and expand access to equity and high performance. Some of the specific questions guiding this work are: (1) Should all schools within BPS operate within autonomous structures? (2) Is…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Institutional Autonomy, Accountability, Educational Innovation
French, Dan; Rothman, Sheldon – 1990
This paper presents a research summary on ability grouping and tracking, and makes recommendations to school practitioners on successful alternative strategies to educate children from diverse backgrounds. The research reveals little evidence that ability grouping improves academic achievement, while overwhelming evidence exists that it retards…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement
