To Improve Poor Children’s Test Scores, Move Poor Families
It takes a school, a neighborhood, and a family to raise and educate a child successfully. When families are weak, neighborhoods and schools must be stronger to compensate.
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Abell Salutes: Greenspring Middle School’s “Uniformity of Character” Program
School uniforms are making a difference.
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Baltimore’s Poor Children Learn as Much as Middle-Class Children During the School Year, But Fall Behind During the Summer, Hopkins Researchers Document
If disadvantaged students stayed in school 12 months, would they progress academically at the same rate as middle-income students? New research shows that the likely answer is “Yes.”
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Abell Salutes: The Debating Society at City High School
Restoring and enriching the school’s 125-year-old debating tradition.
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Baltimore’s Student Breakfast Program
Data from Abell Foundation project concludes: changes in student breakfast program will increase participation, improve performance.
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