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Publication Date: 1989
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Don't Remediate, Accelerate: Can Disadvantaged Students Benefit from Fast-Forwarded Instruction?
Freedberg, Louis
Equity and Choice, v5 n2 p40-43 Mar 1989
An elementary school in a poor neighborhood in San Francisco has confronted the problem of at-risk students through the turnaround strategy of accelerated education. The Daniel Webster School and schools in Redwood City have used cooperative learning, parent and community involvement, and increased student expectations to challenge traditional remedial strategies. (AF)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Learning, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Experimental Curriculum, Experimental Schools, High Risk Students, Parent Participation, Peer Teaching, Remedial Programs, School Based Management, Transitional Programs
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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