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N.Y.C. Study Finds Gains for Charters: Research Shows Schools Closing City-Suburb Gap
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Viadero, Debra – Education Week, 2009
New York City's charter schools are making strides in closing achievement gaps between disadvantaged inner-city students and their better-off suburban counterparts, a new study concludes. The study, conducted by Stanford University researcher Caroline M. Hoxby and her co-authors Sonali Mararka and Jenny Kang, is based on eight years of data for…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Academic Achievement, Scores, Grade 8
It's No Secret: Progress Prized in Brownsville
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Zehr, Mary Ann – Education Week, 2008
This article features Brownsville Independent School District which was awarded the prestigious 2008 Broad Prize for Urban Education for being the nation's most improved urban school district. The Texas border district sees teacher training and data-based instruction as paths to learning gains--and the $1 million Broad award adds validation. In…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Urban Schools, School Districts, Educational Improvement