{"id":82696,"date":"2015-12-21T07:58:28","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T15:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=82696"},"modified":"2015-12-21T07:58:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T15:58:37","slug":"i-ant-wait-to-see-the-rocket-scientists-developing-out-of-this-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=82696","title":{"rendered":"I can’t wait to see the rocket scientists developing out of this system!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nThis superintendent has figured out how to make school work for poor kids<\/p>\n

shelters for their students. Nor do they often run food banks or have a system in place to provide whatever clothes kids need. Few offer regular access to pediatricians and mental health counselors, or make washers and dryers available to families desperate to get clean.<\/p>\n

But the Jennings School District \u2014 serving about 3,000 students in a low-income, predominantly African American jurisdiction just north of St. Louis \u2014 does all of these things and more. When Superintendent Tiffany Anderson arrived here 3 1\/2 years ago, she was determined to clear the barriers that so often keep poor kids from learning. And her approach has helped fuel a dramatic turnaround in Jennings, which has long been among the lowest-performing school districts in Missouri.<\/p>\n

\u201cSchools can do so much to really impact poverty,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cSome people think if you do all this other stuff, it takes away from focusing on instruction, when really it ensures that you can take kids further academically.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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