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Recipe for improving schools

January 5th, 2012 3 comments

One of my readers sent me a Boston Globe article that I found to be fascinating. Harvard Professor Roland Fryer applied statistical analysis on successful schools to see why they worked, then applied the resulting 5 principals to failing schools in Texas with dramatic results in just one year.
The magic recipe

  • Frequent feedback to teachers
  • Use data on individual students to guide their instruction
  • Heavy tutoring
  • Increase instructional time
  • Maintain very high expectations

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