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HOPE FOR URBAN EDUCATION:A Study of Nine High-Performing, High-Poverty,Urban Elementary Schools
The Charles A. Dana CenterThe University of Texas at Austin1999
Archived Information
 
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U. S. Department of Education
Richard W. Riley
Secretary
Office of the Under Secretary
Marshall S. Smith
Under Secretary
Planning and Evaluation Service
Alan L. Ginsburg
 Director 
Elementary and Secondary Education Division
Valena Plisko
 Director 
This report was prepared under subcontract to Policy Studies Associates, Inc., contract#EA94053001; Task Order #56. The views expressed herein are those of the contractor. Noofficial endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education is intended or should be inferred.This report is in the public domain. Authorization to reproduce it in whole or in part is granted.While permission to reprint this publication is not necessary, the citation should be: Charles A.Dana Center, University of Texas at Austin,
 Hope for Urban Education: A Study of Nine High-Performing, High-Poverty, Urban Elementary Schools
(Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Education, Planning and Evaluation Service, 1999).Copies of this report are available by contacting the U.S. Department of Education's PublicationCenter in the following ways: Toll-free phone calls to 1-877-4ED-Pubs (1-877-433-7827),TTY/TDD call 1-877-576-7734. If 877 is not yet available in your area, call 1-800-USA-LEARN (1-800-872-5327), TTY/TDD call 1-800-437-0833; via internet athttp://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html; via e-mail at edpubs@inet.ed.gov; via fax to 301-470-1244; and, via mail to ED Pubs, Education Publications Center, U.S. Department of Education,P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. On request, this publication is available in alternativeformats, such as braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette; for more information, pleasecontact the Department’s Alternate Format Center (202) 205-8113.This report is also available on the department’s web site atwww.ed.gov/offices/OUS/eval/elem.html.
 
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CONTENTS
Tables.............................................................................................................................................ivAcknowledgments...........................................................................................................................vExecutive Summary......................................................................................................................viiHOPE FOR URBAN EDUCATION: A Study of Nine High-Performing,High-Poverty, Urban Elementary Schools..............................................................................1Background.....................................................................................................................................2Differences among the Nine Schools..............................................................................................6Improvement Strategies................................................................................................................10Recommendations.........................................................................................................................22Bibliography.................................................................................................................................26Case Studies:Harriet A. Baldwin Elementary School..................................................................................27Baskin Elementary School.....................................................................................................40Burgess Elementary School....................................................................................................57Centerville Elementary School...............................................................................................70Goodale Elementary School...................................................................................................83Hawley Environmental Elementary School...........................................................................97Lora B. Peck Elementary School.........................................................................................110Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary School.........................................................................125James Ward Elementary School...........................................................................................139Report Conclusion.......................................................................................................................155
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