Wiseburn Unified School District in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, for example, did a particularly good job preparing its low - income black students to compete with more affluent kids across the state. (hechingerreport.org)
If we moved to using these richer measures in all of our schools, it could mean that not just upper middle class and affluent kids at schools like Sidwell Friends School, where President Obama's children attend, but poor public school kids too would be taught and expected to demonstrate the ability to think, express original ideas, problem solve, work in teams, do research papers and other kinds of projects requiring critical thinking. (voices.washingtonpost.com)
Once that process started, word got out that the schools were safe for affluent kids, and the floodwaters opened. (educationnext.org)