EXCELerator
EXCELerator is a school improvement model developed with the College Board. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation agreed to fund a five-year pilot project with a $16 million grant. For the 2006–2007 school year, a total of eleven schools were selected in three large urban districts where the graduation rate was well below the national average and minority enrollment was above 50%.[1]
Participants
The initial districts and schools chosen were:
Washington, D.C. Cardozo High School |
Jacksonville Lee High School |
Chicago John F. Kennedy High School |
For the 2007–2008 school year, sixteen additional schools were selected, for a total of 27.[2]
The phase II districts and schools included:
Denver South High School |
Jacksonville First Coast High School |
Chicago Curie Metropolitan High School |
Tampa East Bay High School |
References
- ↑ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Aug 31, 2006- New Investment Broadens College Board’s National Education Reform Effort to Ensure More Students Graduate Ready for College and Work
- ↑ The College Board website: Jan 23, 2007-Expansion of EXCELerator Schools Project to Denver, CO, and Hillsborough County, FL (Tampa), School Districts