Why Have American Schools Failed in Closing the Achievement Gap? A Case Study of California's Palo Alto School District

Nonpartisan Education Review

关键词: jo boaler;    achievement gap;    mathematics;    math education;    progressive education;    fuzzy math;    academic achievement;    palo alto schools;    stanford university;    school of education;   

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【 摘 要 】

For more than a decade, the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) of California has strived for two goals: closing the achievement gap and reducing stress. However, recent statistics still show stark academic achievement gaps among ethnic groups, and one in five teens experience a diagnosable mental health issue. While 81 percent of Asian students met or exceeded state math standards, this number dwindles to 16 percent for the economically disadvantaged group, which includes hundreds of East Palo Alto students studying at the Palo Alto schools via the Voluntary Transfer Program (VTP)—a “closing the achievement gap” program launched in 1986.

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