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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

#7. Achievement Gap

In an article in the Boston Globe, "A shift in state college grants" by M. Carmichael on 9/6, she wrote,

"Governor Deval Patrick is expected to announce today that for the first time in decades, Massachusetts is awarding some money to public colleges and universities based on their plans to boost academic performance, rather than on how many students they enroll.
The money will go mostly to schools that proposed strategies to raise graduation rates, strengthen science instruction and career development, and close achievement gaps among minorities."

What's your perspective on the achievement gap? Write about it.

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