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...task is monumental, as Gates could see. She and Allan Golston, the foundation's president of U.S. programs, visited two large public high schools, one with a high graduation rate and the other with a long history as a dropout factory. But even at John Hope College Prep, the stronger of the two, only 27% of students passed state exams last year. Neither school was meeting federal requirements for progress under the No Child Left Behind Act. Arne Duncan, CEO of Chicago public schools, was on hand to show some the district's biggest benefactors his efforts to change that...
...John Hope High, Gates and Golston visited a biology class bursting with fancy new lab kits, books, DVDs and other materials. At Wendell Phillips Academy High School, she saw an English class working its way through pristine copies of To Kill a Mockingbird. The new materials for teaching science, English and math are one element of the transformation plan - one that clearly thrills teachers. Duncan explains that each department gets three choices of curriculum materials rather than having them dictated by the central office. The process helps to energize the teachers and get them working together, say administrators and educators...
...chance to transform a school." But the pace of change is slow. Only 14 of the city's 115 high schools are being transformed, and only one grade at a time. Duncan plans to add another 11 next year, but "we're short of resources," he tells Gates and Golston. "New York City has $4,000 more per student than Chicago and Boston has $2,000 more...
...Crimson began the night with a turnover off the tip, an ominous beginning to a sloppy game. Brown’s quick guards, Tanara Golston and Sarah Hayes, blanketed Harvard, forcing 17 turnovers...
Bruce and Golston are two of five returning players to have played in all 27 games last year. Classmate Tara Williams adds experience to the team as she had 68 assists from the point...