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Nov 30, 20154 min read
Not one, but many strategies for lifting kids out of poverty
I attended all three of the recent GS4A town hall meetings in city and suburban locations, and was struck by the strong support for...
Nov 23, 20153 min read
Bridging the great Section V sports divide
Should private schools be allowed to compete in Section V and New York State Public High School Athletic Association post-season...
Oct 19, 20154 min read
Size may matter, but poverty matters much more
With nearly 30,000 students, is the Rochester City School District just too big to deliver the quality education city students deserve...
Sep 14, 20153 min read
There is no ‘New Orleans miracle’
No doubt you’ve heard or read somewhere that the post-Katrina New Orleans school system, one of the most under-performing in the country...
Aug 31, 20153 min read
A Tale of Two Classrooms
Capacity: The maximum amount that something can sustain. Raleigh N.C., real estate developer Bill Fletcher shared with us that the...
Aug 24, 20153 min read
We know what to do, but will we do it?
I am running out of patience. Like most educators I am by nature an optimist. I have thought and written about the issues of poverty and...
Aug 10, 20153 min read
The ‘moral’ response to school inequity
When you start a conversation about the impact of high poverty schools on a child’s academic and social success, data doesn’t matter. Not...
Jul 27, 20154 min read
Solutions to high-poverty schools must be Both…And
Research and success stories from across the country make it clear that de-concentrating poverty and increasing socioeconomic diversity...
Jun 29, 20153 min read
Yes, it matters who sits next to you in school, and life
Great Schools for All is singularly focused on ending the concentration of poverty in city schools. We are committed to scocioeconomic...
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