Science lesson at PS 124 Queens (Molly Roberts)
Volume 25, Number 5
September/October 2009
Urgent Lessons from Unexpected Schools
An Interview with Karin Chenoweth
By CHRIS RAND
Urgent Lessons from Unexpected Schools, continued
Urgent Lessons from Unexpected Schools: An Interview with Karin Chenoweth
Urgent Lessons from Unexpected Schools
In her 2007 book, "It’s Being Done": Academic Success in Unexpected Schools, former Washington Post columnist and Education Trust senior writer Karin Chenoweth used a strict set of criteria to identify fifteen schools with challenging student demographics that were nonetheless achieving academically. In her new book, How It’s Being Done: Urgent Lessons from Unexpected Schools, Chenoweth visits eight new schools with a significant number of low-income students and students of color and reveals just how these educators are achieving their success.
This is an excerpt from the Harvard Education Letter.
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In her 2007 book, "It’s Being Done": Academic Success in Unexpected Schools, former Washington Post columnist and Education Trust senior writer Karin Chenoweth used a strict set of criteria to identify fifteen schools with challenging student demographics that were nonetheless achieving academically. In her new book, How It’s Being Done: Urgent Lessons from Unexpected Schools, Chenoweth visits eight new schools with a significant number of low-income students and students of color and reveals just how these educators are achieving their success.
