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  • Helping Low-Income Students Navigate College

    Kyle Spencer

    October 10, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A number of elite college prep programs are offering wraparound academic support to low-income students for up to eight years in an effort to replicate the built-in support provided by schools in wealthier districts.

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  • A school where you can't fail - it just takes you longer to learn

    Kyle Spencer

    August 11, 2017 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    At Brooklyn’s Middle School 442, teachers grade on a color-coded scale and students frequently work on hands-on group projects and set personal behavioral goals. When faced with the myriad critics and criticisms of mastery-based education, M.S. 442 points to the rapid academic progress of its student body since adopting these new features - after only two years, English and math proficiency shot up.

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  • One town's quest to join tech revolution – and what it says about digital inequality

    Kyle Spencer

    January 25, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Greeley, Colorado

    As technology continues to play an ever increasing role in education - and subsequently, job opportunities - many rural towns with limited resources are struggling to provide their students, particularly those from low-income families, with the devices necessary to stay ahead in the digital age. In Greeley, CO - a town with significant minority and refugee populations that have little or no internet access at home - the digital divide and the wealth disparity between school districts is particularly stark. But the schools in Greeley remain determined - cobbling together old donated computers, salvaged devices, grants and fundraisers, to try and help provide better opportunities and more efficient education for all their students.

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  • As Other Districts Grapple With Segregation, This One Makes Integration Work

    Kyle Spencer

    December 12, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Morristown, New Jersey

    The Morris district in Northern New Jersey has long championed diversity, even as its student body has changed and nearby schools remain deeply segregated. Each elementary school in the district draws from multiple neighborhoods, with a constant open zone at the center (where the poorest families live) where students are assigned to schools in order to maintain racial and economic diversity.

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