This advice applies in particular to networks of schools serving students who have
the most barriers to achievement at scale.
Not exact matches
This year's Grand Prize - winning districts are providing opportunities for their
most vulnerable students, cultivating a culture of kindness, respect, and
achievement districtwide, and removing
barriers to achievement for students with disadvantages, with the support of their school leaders.
The
Achievement First schools have all recruited students that are less poor, students that don't face language
barriers and because parental involvement is needed
to get into the school and stay in the school they probably have many of the
most involved parents.
One of the
most persistent
barriers to student
achievement resides in the collective mindset of the students we teach.
One of the
most significant and persistent
barriers to student
achievement resides in the collective mind - set of the very students we teach.
While more than 90 percent of Latinx students were born in the United States,
most of them have at least one foreign - born parent.10 First - generation Americans report that they are more likely
to face
barriers to their academic
achievement, such as job and family responsibilities.11 Teachers who have personally experienced these obstacles may be able
to provide better support.
This year's grand prize winning districts are providing opportunities for their
most vulnerable students, cultivating a culture of kindness, respect and
achievement districtwide, and removing
barriers to achievement for students with disadvantages, with all the support of their school leaders.