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Cavanagh’s decision to take another year of school was beneficial for both sides, Dana Barbin, Exeter??s hockey coach of 11 years, explains...
Classrooms dominated by a high-stakes test lack the kind of teaching and learning that engages students and fosters truly high standards. Such classrooms are far removed from the dynamic discourse surrounding Exeter??s Harkness Tables or the comprehensive oral examinations at Central Park East. Such classrooms do not have time to devote to “Facing History and Ourselves” or to uncovering the mathematical roots of pi. By precluding these kinds of opportunities for students, such classrooms systematize mediocrity. They do not prepare students to make choices, to establish new paths to understanding...
Initially put in an English as a Second Language (ESL) class at the sixth grade level, she made her public school honors program in just two years and was pursued by Exeter??s minority recruitment program. “When they said Exeter, I thought it was an English word I didn’t know,” she recalls. “So I went home and looked it up in the Spanish-English dictionary. I didn’t see anything, so I tried the English dictionary. I just had no idea...
...coat was just the start—Exeter??s teachers and administrators also bought her dresses, party clothes, and anything else she needed to participate in the social and academic life of the school. “I never felt disadvantaged. When I saw people who were rich, I thought, ‘Oh, they have more, but I have what I need...
...when the two would go to church every Sunday, little children would stare at them all through the service. “We were the only two people of color in the whole church. They were just intrigued,” she says good-naturedly. Still, Hernandez raves about Exeter??s academic and extracurricular opportunities, and says she felt welcomed and supported by the entire community...
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