Whole-School Detracking: A Strategy for Equity and Excellence

Autor/inn/en	Alvarez, Doris; Mehan, Hugh
Titel	Whole-School Detracking: A Strategy for Equity and Excellence
Quelle	In: Theory Into Practice, 45 (2006) 1, S.82-89 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0040-5841
DOI	10.1207/s15430421tip4501_11
Schlagwörter	Secondary Schools; College Preparation; Track System (Education); Low Income Groups; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sekundarschule; Leistungsgruppe; Leistungsdifferenzierung; Kalifornien
Abstract	The Preuss School on the University of California, San Diego campus is dedicated to preparing all 700 of its students to be eligible to attend college when they graduate if they choose. Students, who must be from low-income families, are enrolled in a single college-prep track. Because students who enter the school as 6th graders may not have the academic preparation necessary to succeed in rigorous college-prep classes, the school provides a wide range of social and academic supports. Eighty percent of the students from the first graduating class of 55 attend 4-year colleges as of Fall 2004; 20% attend community colleges--with their transfer to UC campuses guaranteed in 2 years. This gives us an existence proof that detracking (i.e., presenting underserved students with a rigorous academic program, supplemented by a comprehensive system of academic and social supports) can propel students from low-income households toward college eligibility and enrollment. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10