College now!
Subtitle: what needs to be done to give urban students a real path to success
By: Scott Mendelsberg
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9780807755433; 9780807755631; 9780807773079
Subjects: Urban youth; Education; Urban Education; Urban schools; Students with social disabilities; Academic achievement
Description: This remarkable, first-hand account reveals the impediments and challenges to educating inner-city secondary students when so much is arrayed against them and how believing in all kids helped save a school and change education in the state of Colorado. In 2 years, Principal Scott Mendelsberg took his school from a 17% to a 73% college matriculation rate. He didn’t get new teachers, a new building, different kids, or a new curriculum. He just made sure students realized that college was an option for them.--Publisher website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.