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In 1987, New York's suburban Rockville Center School District faced the fact that their tracking sys...
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In 1987, New York's suburban Rockville Center School District faced the fact that their tracking system was perpetuating unequal education opportunities, and embarked on an ambitious program of reform. In this book, Burris and Garrity, veterans of the Rockville Center School District, offer an experience-based and research-supported argument to show that detracking can do in every school what it did in theirs: raise achievement and dramatically narrow the achievement gap. The authors provide educational leaders with proven strategies for launching, sustaining, and monitoring successful tracking reform. Some areas discussed are the politics of detracking, professional development for equitable practices, and maintaining the reform. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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