How to Close the Minority Achievement Gap in Schools

How to Close the Minority Achievement Gap in Schools
Commonwealth Club - The Commonwealth Club of California
A new generation of inner-city secondary schools are succeeding in closing the achievement gap between white and minority students.The common, yet rarely discussed ingredient these schools share is the practice of "new paternalism," a benevolent form of paternalism.Whitman will discuss this historic achievement and how other schools can replicate this model.Part of the Koret Foundation's Principles of a Free Society series - The Commonwealth Club of California