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050 $aLB2822$b.W45 2008
100 1 $aWhitman, David.
245 10 $aSweating the small stuff :$binner-city schools and the new paternalism /$cDavid Whitman.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bThomas B. Fordham Institute,$cc2008.
300 $axvii, 365 p. ;$c23 cm.
520 $aThis book tells the story of six secondary schools that have succeeded in eliminating or dramatically shrinking the achievement gap between whites and disadvantaged black and Hispanic students. It recounts the stories of the University Park Campus School (UPCS) in Worcester, the American Indian Public Charter School in Oakland, Amistad Academy in New Haven, the Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, the KIPP Academy in the Bronx, and the SEED school in Washington, D.C.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 312-340) and index.
650 0 $aAchievement gap.
650 0 $aAcademic achievement$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPerformance.
988 $a20080924
906 $0OCLC