Addressing+Opportunity+&+Achievement+Gaps

**Addressing Opportunity & Achievement Gaps**

 * (You can refer folks to this page by citing http://bit.ly/achievementgap)**


 * Organizations (& their websites):**


 * A Better Chance - []
 * Admission Possible - [] - a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping promising, low-income young people prepare for and earn admission to college.
 * Bright Prospect Scholar Support Program (Pomona, CA) - []
 * [|Broader Bolder Approach] - The Broader, Bolder Approach to Education is the product of deliberation by leaders with diverse religious and political affiliations, and experts in the fields of education, social welfare, health, housing, and civil rights. The statement examines areas that research shows must be addressed if we are to keep our promises to all of America's children. More than a half century of research has documented a powerful association between social and economic disadvantage and low student achievement.Weakening that association is the fundamental challenge facing America's education policymakers.
 * Breakthrough Santa Fe (NM) [|http://www.breakthroughsantafe.org]
 * Camp College (NY) - []
 * Center for College Affordability - []
 * Center for Student Opportunity - [] - promoting higher-education opportunities for first-generation and other under-served college-bound students (Now offering student bloggers: @http://csopportunityscholars.org/)
 * Citizen Schools - []- "A growing national network of after-school education programs for students in the middle grades (6th, 7th and 8th)"
 * College Access Programs Directory: []
 * College Bound St. Louis - http://www.collegeboundstl.org/
 * College Summit - []
 * College Tracks - [] - Chevy Chase & Bethesda, MD
 * Destination: Graduation - http://www.unitedwaydallas.org/2.2/DestinationGraduation.html- Dallax, TX
 * Education Equality Project - http://www.educationequalityproject.org/content/pages/about/ - The Education Equality Project is leading a civil rights movement to eliminate the racial and ethnic achievement gap in public education by working to create an effective school for every child. (@EdEquality on Twitter)
 * Education Is Freedom - @http://www.educationisfreedom.org/(Dallas, TX) - "Education Is Freedom is a 360 degree, comprehensive college readiness program dedicated to the belief that every young person deserves the opportunity for a higher education. Through hands-on, school-based programming, low income and disadvantaged students are able to view obtaining a college education as something they personally can achieve." (@EIFdotorgon Twitter.)
 * The Forum for Youth Investment: @http://forumfyi.org/
 * GenerationTX - @http://www.gentx.org/
 * Goldman Sachs' Developing High Potential Youth Initiative - []
 * Harlem Educational Activities Fund - [] - Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping disadvantaged children become successful college students through college preparatory programs.
 * Hispanics Inspiring Students Performance and Achievement - []
 * Institute for College Access and Success: []
 * Jack Kent Cook Foundation - []- "The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is a private, independent foundation established by Jack Kent Cooke to help exceptionally promising students reach their full potential through education. Launched in 2000, the Foundation focuses in particular on students with financial need. The Foundation's scholarship and direct service programs support the education of approximately 650 remarkable students each year, while our grantmaking allows thousands more to engage in challenging educational experiences."
 * Kids2College - []
 * Lumina Foundation (Indianapolis) - [] - "Through grants for research, innovation, communication, and evaluation, as well as policy education and leadership development, Lumina Foundation addresses issues that affect access and educational attainment among all students, particularly underserved student groups, including adult learners. The Foundation bases its mission on the belief that postsecondary education remains one of the most beneficial investments that individuals can make in themselves and that society can make in its people.
 * National College Access Network - @http://www.collegeaccess.org/ - "NCAN's mission is to build, strengthen, and empower communities committed to college access and success so that all students, especially those under-represented in postsecondary education, can achieve their educational dreams." (@2collegenetwork on Twitter)
 * Next Generation Venture Fund - [] (part of Goldman Sachs' initiative)
 * NJ SEEDS - [] - prepares academically talented, financially limited New Jersey youth for success at competitive secondary schools
 * Open Source Teaching - @http://www.opensourceteaching.org/ - " 1. We recruit people to share lessons learned about life, careers, culture, and academics, and 2. We apply social media as a seamless tool for teaching, managing, and collaborating with others ." (osteaching on Twitter, @http://osteachinginterview.ning.com/ on Ning)
 * [|Pacific Educational Group] - "In 1992, Pacific Educational Group, Inc. (PEG) was founded to closely support families in their transitions within and between K-12 and higher education. In 1996 the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce recognized PEG as the “Best New Business”. The company later grew into its intended mission of addressing systemic issues of educational inequity by providing guidance to districts as to how to meet the needs of underserved student of color populations."
 * Pathways To College Network - [|http://www.pathwaystocollege. net/aboutus/index.html]
 * Pathways to Success - [] - "Community partnerships in rural, underserved communities in America. This science education model enhances the interest and academic preparation of high school students to apply to and attend college, and pursue careers in biomedical science, health care, and science technology. Since 2002, 132 students and adult mentors from our partnering communities have participated in this program."
 * Please Mind the Gaps - []
 * Posse Foundation - []
 * QuestBridge - []
 * Reach for College - [] - DC area
 * Scholarship Chicago - [] - "Scholarship Chicago serves the City of Chicago and its surrounding region by creating a diverse pipeline of highly skilled professionals who will promote a culture of academic and professional excellence in every neighborhood. Over the past 10 years, we have served 1400 academically ambitious, high-need students, and have become one of the largest privately-funded non-profits devoted to improving the college graduation rates of underserved Chicago area youth.
 * Strive for College - []
 * Student Fund Knowledge Center (NJ) - []
 * Summer Search - [] - Summer Search is a national leadership development program that helps low-income young people graduate high school, go to college, gain successful careers, and give back to society
 * [|Tutor/Mentor Connection]
 * Wight Foundation (NJ) - [|http://www.wightfoundation.org]
 * YearUp - @http://yearup.org/ "YearUp's mission is to close the opportunity divide by providing urban young adults with the skills, experience, and support that will empower them to reach their potential through professional careers and higher education."


 * College-based programs**
 * ArtUP (Columbia College, Chicago) - []
 * Crimson Summer Academy (Harvard University, Boston) - []
 * Summer Bridge Berkeley - []
 * Summer Enrichment at Dartmouth - [|http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sead/]
 * Elon Academy - []
 * Fordham University - STEP/CSTEP - []
 * Princeton University Preparatory Program - []
 * University of Chicago Urban Education Institute: [|http://uei.uchicago.edu/work/innovate.shtml#6to16]

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 * Reports & other publications**
 * AACRAO report on [|Undocumented Students in the US: Admission & Verification]
 * ETS report "[|Parsing the Achievement Gap]" (42-page .pdf)
 * McKinsey report on [|The Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America's Schools]
 * NACAC's list of reports on educational access: []
 * College Lists wiki list of summer programs: []
 * Pew Charitable Trust's report on [|Promoting Economic Mobility by Increasing Postsecondary Education]
 * Dr. Pedro Noguera's Unfinished Business: Closing the Racial Achievement Gap in Our Schools
 * Business Innovation Lab's Student Experience Lab
 * "Foster Care to College" Seattle Post-Intelligencer article, Nov. 17, 2009
 * Washington Post coverage of an ETS report on why/when progress in closing the achievement gap stalled (August, 2010):
 * "What's the Matter with Wayne State?" short review of a report (.pdf) from the Education Trust
 * Breaking the Mold: Combining Community Schools with Expanded Learning Time to Help Educationally Disadvantaged Children from the Center for American Progress (Sept, 2010)
 * School Demographics Can Add to Social Cost of Achievement (from Inside School Research) (Nov, 2010)
 * Changing the Odds for Students: Spotlight on Kingsborough College (Jan, 2011)
 * Study: Racial Disparity Grows for Graduation Rates (March, 2011)
 * Study Finds Gaps Remain Large for Hispanic Students (June, 2011)
 * The Educational Experience of Young Men of Color (CollegeBoard)
 * Study examines challenges for First-Generation Students (Indiana University, 2012)
 * U.S. Higher-Education System Perpetuates White Privilege(Chronicle, 2013)


 * Blog Posts:**
 * "What Would It Take?" Shelley Krause, []
 * "Failing Our Kids" Will Richardson, []
 * "College Counselors For All" David Moltz, []
 * "The Achievement Gap Isn't Limited To Our Cities," R.L'Heureux Lewis
 * [|In the US, the distribution of people with college degrees is disturbingly unequal] Gentry Underwood (@gentry)
 * "The Trouble With Desegregation," Kevin Carey, @http://www.quickanded.com/2011/02/the-trouble-with-desegregation.html
 * "The Best Placs to Learn What Impact A Teacher and Outside Factors Have on Student Achievement," Larry Ferlazzo, @http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/12/28/the-best-places-to-learn-what-impact-a-teacher-outside-factors-have-on-student-achievement/
 * "Alfie Kohn: Read your Lisa Delpit," Mike Petrilli, @http://www.educationgadfly.net/flypaper/2011/05/alfie-kohn-read-your-lisa-delpit/


 * Video/Multimedia:**
 * "Double Your Impact": A Grant Announcement to DonorsChoose.org (Stephen Colbert) []
 * "Mind the Gap: Why Are Good Schools Failing Black Students?" (Nancy Solomon) @http://nancycsolomon.com/mindthegap/


 * Conversations:**
 * [|Opening Doors and Paving the Way] - Princeton University, Nov. 9-10, 2006
 * [|Future of Education: Web 2.0 for Education Outreach to Low-Income and Minority Students]
 * [|Rethinking Admissions] free conference sponsored by Wake Forest University, April 15-16, 2009 (conference blog is [|here])
 * "[|Despite Harvard outreach, the needy face socioeconomic gulf]" - Boston Globe article, May 12, 2009
 * "[|A Posse at Penn]" - Inside Higher Ed article, July 8, 2009
 * National Journal Online - Education Experts - [|How Can We Close the Achievement Gap]? (July 27, 2009)
 * Urban Institute - School of Hard Shocks: Should Everyone Go to College (September, 2009) (more research here)
 * FAFSA Experiment Boosts College Going - Inside Higher Ed article, September 23, 2009
 * Black Youth Project - launched November, 2009 (follow on Twitter here)
 * Learning to Teach to Bridge the Achievement Gap - NYT, November 23, 2009
 * Mind the Gap - Elisabeth Bisbee Silver, Huffington Post, March 3, 2010
 * Latino Lag - Joseph Berger, NYT, July 15, 2010
 * Running in Place - Allie Grasgreen, Inside Higher Ed, August, 2011