During the era of No Child Left Behind very little progress has been made in narrowing the achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students. (educationnext.org)
Not only in becoming part of the larger conversations about education and research, but also more specifically in regard to narrowing the achievement gap for African American male students. (gse.harvard.edu)
Over the past decade he has led a number of significant reform efforts that have helped narrow the achievement gap and increase student performance on both state and national assessment exams. (gse.harvard.edu)