Asheville City Schools recently prepared a slideshow looking at its student population, ethnicity, budget, achievement levels, achievement gap, how poverty correlates with learning levels, the effects of state cutbacks, strategies for improvement, plans for the future, hiring policies and improving digital literacy, including goal of placing a laptop compuiter in the hands of every student.
A couple highlights:
• Research shows that there's no learning gap at age 1, but by age 3, low-income kids have fallen behind others.
• Low icome kids may out-learn high-income kids during the school year, but during the summer they fall behind. Virtually all the advantage that wealthy kids have over low-income kids is the result of differences in the way privileged kids learn while they are not in school.
The presentation was prepared by Asheville City Schools for CIBO, the Council of Independent Business Owners
A couple highlights:
• Research shows that there's no learning gap at age 1, but by age 3, low-income kids have fallen behind others.
• Low icome kids may out-learn high-income kids during the school year, but during the summer they fall behind. Virtually all the advantage that wealthy kids have over low-income kids is the result of differences in the way privileged kids learn while they are not in school.
The presentation was prepared by Asheville City Schools for CIBO, the Council of Independent Business Owners
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Thank you for posting this slide show. I was not invited to the CIBO presentation, do not have school-age children, and am generally unfamilair with particulars about Asheville City Schools, so I would not have seen this were it not for your posting it. I found this fairly informative. Thanks!
By Jake
08/25/2011
ACS did an great service to my family. Two kids kindergarten to high school diploma, several great teachers, a scholarship from the ACS foundation, and very, very few hassles overall. I really appreciate what the city schools do.
By sharpleycladd
08/25/2011
This month's "Smithsonian" has an interesting article about schools in Finland that kick ass. Zero standardized testing, shorter school days, less money spent per student and yet they still crank out smart kids.
By boatrocker
08/26/2011