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Closing the Gap

How Northwest Schools Are Raising Minority Achievement
Fall 2002
Volume 8 Number 1

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To Realize the Dream
Old assumptions about ethnicity, poverty, and school performance are crumbling under the weight of compelling new evidence.

Winning Their Hearts
At Seattle's Nathan Hale High School, students are mentored, nurtured, and valued in a climate that respects every individual.

TQM and Tough Love
The kids at Applegate Elementary School are reaching impressive heights of achievement in an unexpected place—Portland's inner city.

From Division to Vision
Hemmed in by the Rocky Mountains, the Flathead Indian Reservation is overcoming school and community strife for the good of the children.

Teaching to the Rainbow
Researchers and scholars at Washington State University's College of Education are making great strides in the struggle to raise minority achievement.

The Gift of Two Languages
A failing school in Anchorage nearly closed its doors before launching an innovative dual-language program that has given the school a new lease on life-and students a new lease on the future.

Nothing but the Best
Performance has risen steadily among a wildly diverse population of kids at Spokane's Grant Elementary School in response to the staff's commitment to excellence.

Taking Care of Business
Three students and a teacher at Portland's struggling Jefferson High School find plenty of room for optimism and hope.

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