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Report: In Silicon Valley, 'successful' schools fail poor and English-learning students
BY SHARON NOGUCHI SNOGUCHI@MERCURYNEWS.COM | HTTP://BIT.LY/1BV3EGM
Posted: 12/09/2013 12:18:29 PM PST | Updated: a day ago :: MOUNTAIN VIEW -- Silicon Valley public schools are largely failing poor students and English learners, a report issued "Broken Promises: The Children Left Behind in Silicon Valley Schools" highlights two tiers of achievement, based on state test scores from 2012-13. Only 14 percent of English learners, 21 percent of African-American students, 24 percent of Latinos and 29 percent of low-income students tested proficient in algebra at the end of eighth grade. That's compared with 58 percent of white students and 80 percent of Asians.
Historically, those numbers carry over into high school, with huge gaps in college readiness.
"We've got a big problem in the valley for low-income kids and English-language learners," said Matt Hammer of Innovate Public Schools, the year-old nonprofit that published the report. At the same time, he said, the report found encouraging news. "There are some schools that are showing you can do amazing things and achieve high performance with kids in
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