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Tung, Rosann; Carlo, Vivian Dalila; Colón, Melissa; Del Razo, Jaime L.; Diamond, John B.; Raynor, Alethea Frazier; Graves, Daren; Kuttner, Paul J.; Miranda, Helena; St. Rose, Andresse – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2015
Boston Public Schools (BPS) commissioned companion studies as part of its efforts to address achievement gaps for Black and Latino males. The first study revealed the increasing diversity of Black and Latino males and stark opportunity gaps throughout the system that contribute in large part to wide attainment gaps for these students. We…
Descriptors: African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Males, Equal Education
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Johnson, Mell – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2007
Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Alabama, took the Community College Futures Assembly challenge for the 2006 Bellwether Award from FAST COMPANY's release of "The Rules of Business: Timeless Truths from the Best Minds in Business" to identify its own substantive question for this year's competition: "The New Rules of…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Community Colleges, Student Centered Curriculum, Student Development
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Simpson, Adrian; Stehlikova, Nada – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2006
Abstract algebra courses tend to take one of two pedagogical routes: from examples of mathematics structures through definitions to general theorems, or directly from definitions to general theorems. The former route seems to be based on the implicit pedagogical intention that students will use their understanding of particular examples of an…
Descriptors: Algebra, Courses, Definitions, Case Studies