ExtraOrdinary Districts

Ordinary school districts that get extraordinary results

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Steubenville Part 3: Tackling the Secondary Drop-off

Posted November 5, 201700:24:17

Although Steubenville’s third and fourth graders perform toward the top of the country, achievement tails off in fifth grade heading into middle school....

Steubenville Part 2: A Program in Service of a Vision

Posted November 5, 201700:27:55

Back in the late 1990s, Ohio adopted a law that said that fourth graders who couldn’t pass a reading test would have to be retained. Steubenville...

Steubenville Part 1: Changing the Path of Poverty

Posted November 5, 201700:19:25

Superintendent Melinda Young has seen preschoolers who enter the Steubenville school district graduate from high school ready for college. This shows...

ExtraOrdinary Districts: Ordinary school districts that get extraordinary results

Posted October 30, 201700:06:10

Across the nation, many school districts are asking themselves, “What can we do to better serve our students of color and those from low-income communities?”...