College Board Launches Model for Improving High Schools
The College Board will partner with three large urban districts to launch a new model for improving high schools through a $16 million commitment announced last week by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Under the plan, the New York City-based nonprofit organization—best known for the SAT college-admission test—will work with 11 high schools in Chicago, the District of Columbia, and Duval County, Fla., to raise graduation and college-readiness rates by implementing its new “EXCELerator” model for school improvement.
By the 2007-08 school year, the board expects to bring its high school model to an additional 19 schools, serving as many as 45,000 students. With support from the Seattle-based Gates Foundation, the board currently operates 11 small schools in New York City and elsewhere...
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