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The gender gap trickles into public schools | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

The gender gap trickles into public schools | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

The gender gap trickles into public schools

by Jamie Raver on Jun 28 2010
As the school year comes to a close and anxiety mounts for the fall, administrators, educators, and politicians focus their attention on how to increase their percentages of students who make it to the next grade. What will those classrooms look like?
From incessant testing to rewarding effective teachers to grade inflation, we are exhausting every outlet to improve achievement for all students – but recent
Sen. Anthony Williams steps in at West, but still no clear resolution With no end in sight for the District's ongoing investigation into an alleged conflict of interest among parents on the School Advisory Council (SAC) at West Philadelphia High, State Senator Anthony H. Williams stepped into the breach last week to ...