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The fundamental thesis of our work is that equity and excellence are goals that support one another, and not goals that are in opposition to one another. But many public schools are an example of the latter.
Overview
For decades, the prevailing hypothesis has been that if you provide equity for high school admissions, then you are watering down the excellence of the exam schools. This is why the schools are as segregated today as they were the day before the Brown decision in 1954. Without a simultaneous commitment to equity and excellence, nothing else – no programs, no grants, no policies, no speeches – none of it – matters. Through our coaching of leaders and of collaborative teams of teachers, we instill the core competencies of Equity and Excellence Schools – focus, feedback, instruction, leadership, and efficacy.
Video Series
Webinars
Learn specific strategies that are working in high poverty schools, such as consistent nonfiction writing across a variety of content, collaborative scoring and the use of authentic assessments.
Learn specific instructional strategies and terms, such as academic versus social language that support English learners from a CLS Associate and moderated by Dr. Douglas Reeves. Research is shared to support the recommendations.
Dr. Douglas Reeves shares updates on the original 90 90 90 school research. He reminds us of the initial conclusions that consisted of a laser-like focus on student achievement, the "trophy case" effect, nonfiction writing, collaborative scoring, and Power Standards. Moreover, Dr. Reeves provides more specific strategies that successful schools are implementing now, such as writing to compare and argumentative writing.
Join Dr. Kate Anderson-Foley and Dr. Douglas Reeves discuss how districts meet the needs of all students including the importance of social and emotional learning. It is not simply an add-on program.
Articles
As education leaders strive to promote excellence for all students, they confront sharply contrasting schools of thought about the best way to close achievement gaps between students of different racial and socioeconomic backgrounds.
It is not difficult to find factors outside of school that have enormous influence on student performance and education opportunity.