The Schools of Opportunity project recently launched their application cycle for 2017. Applications from schools across the nation will be accepted at 聽through May 1. Building on the success of the past two years, the (NEPC), housed in the CU 麻豆影院 School of Education, will again recognize public high schools that are creating remarkable opportunities to learn for all their students. This project highlights the nation鈥檚 best schools and practices, shifting away from the imbalanced focus on standardized test scores.
Schools that apply are asked to demonstrate how they work to close opportunity gaps across a range of key areas. The NEPC derived this set of opportunity measures from the expertise shared by co-authors Kevin聽Welner and Prudence Carter in聽, the 2013 book published by Oxford University Press.
Two criteria are required of all applying schools:聽(1) broadening and enriching learning opportunities and聽(2) creating and maintaining a healthy school culture.聽Applicants also select, from a menu of eight additional criteria, four that best represent how their school is responding to its unique local needs. All ten criteria are described on the website, along with the scoring rubric used by the evaluation teams.
Recognized Gold and Silver schools will be announced in winter 2017 in the Washington Post Answer Sheet blog and other media outlets.
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