Robert L. Vann Elementary: The Achievement Gap of Today & Doris Brevard of Yesterday

[摘要] This paper explores the history of Robert L. Vann Elementary, an elementary school in Pittsburgh's Hill District, which was once one of the highest achieving schools in the city. During Vann's most successful years, Principal Doris Brevard implemented specific procedures and developed rules to ensure that Vann students—who were predominantly black and impoverished—would achieve at the highest level. After Brevard's retirement in 1995, and a series of educational reform laws and practices were put into effect, Vann's success ended. This paper examines why those changes occurred and questions if the practices that principal Brevard once used could be put into place today to close the achievement gap between black and white students.

[发布机构] the University of Pittsburgh

[效力级别] Barbara Sizemore