Time for Great Expectations: A Personal Perspective on Poor and Minority Student Achievement in Urban Public Schools.

Lam, Diana

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Publication Date: 2002

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Time for Great Expectations: A Personal Perspective on Poor and Minority Student Achievement in Urban Public Schools.

Lam, Diana

College Board Review, n195 p4-7 Win 2002

The superintendent of schools in Providence, Rhode Island reflects on her own personal odyssey, asserting that society must expect more from poor and minority children. She discusses areas for focused effort, such as literacy. (EV)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Attainment, Educational Improvement, Expectation, Higher Education, Literacy, Minority Groups, Poverty, Reminiscence, Urban Schools

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Language: English

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