Schools Creating Conceptually-Thinking Students

The Institute for Education and the Arts is posting this article about closing the “Reality Gap.”

Analysis: Schools Must Turn All Students into Conceptual Thinkers
American School Board Journal, April 2006

Former Memphis schools chief Gerry House challenges educators to create a new type of school to close what she calls the Reality Gap, or a combination of the racial achievement gap with one in curriculum rigor. She says successful schools offer a demanding, inquiry-based curriculum in small, personalized learning communities. Read more here.

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