A Testing Ground
The school, Starlight Elementary, is a testing ground for researchers from CREDE.
Watsonville, Calif.
Don’t be fooled by the lime-green pants or the glitter gel that glints off Chloe Gonzales’ cheeks. This 9-year-old can talk the talk of academics.
Ask Chloe how she likes school, and the 3rd grader goes on about how Venn diagrams and graphic organizers have really helped her writing. "And I’m learning about more ways to solve different problems in math," she adds, before returning to her tangram puzzle.
Chances are that Chloe’s academic lingo grows out of her experiences here at Starlight Elementary School. The school, a predominantly Hispanic, K-5 school nestled in a hilly agricultural valley between Salinas and Santa Cruz, is a testing ground for researchers from the Center for Research on Education, Diversity, &...
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Correction:
The number of students enrolled at Starlight Elementary School in Watsonville, Calif. was incorrectly stated. The correct number is 680.
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