And though Humes is nuanced in his handling of the tensions internal to Whitney, his attempt to use the school as a model for nonselective schools is fanciful. (educationnext.org)
In 2002, New York City created a cohort of nonselective, small public high schools that mostly served disadvantaged students of color and emphasized academic rigor, strong staff and student relationships, and community partnerships. (americanprogress.org)
Students taught by instructors from the Teaching Fellows program, meanwhile, did better than those taught by teachers from nonselective alternative routes. (b4njkids.org)