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No excuses : lessons from 21 high-performing, high-poverty schools / Samuel Casey Carter.

Summary:

"All children can learn. The principals and schools profiled in this book have overcome the bureaucratic and cultural obstacles that keep low-income children behind in most public schools. No Excuses schools have created a culture of achievement among children whom most public schools would condemn to a life of failure."--Foreword, p. 1-2.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0891950907
  • ISBN: 9780891950905
  • Physical Description: vii, 121 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Heritage Foundation, ©2000.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Seven common traits of high-performing, high-poverty schools -- Effective practices -- The no excuses schools.
Subject:
Public schools > United States.
Poverty > United States.
Academic achievement > United States.
Academic achievement.
Poverty.
Public schools.
United States.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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24510. ‡aNo excuses : ‡blessons from 21 high-performing, high-poverty schools / ‡cSamuel Casey Carter.
260 . ‡aWashington, D.C. : ‡bHeritage Foundation, ‡c©2000.
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504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references.
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5050 . ‡aIntroduction: Seven common traits of high-performing, high-poverty schools -- Effective practices -- The no excuses schools.
650 0. ‡aPublic schools ‡zUnited States.
650 0. ‡aPoverty ‡zUnited States.
650 0. ‡aAcademic achievement ‡zUnited States.
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