Some Achieve but the Achievement Gap Persists
There was an interesting story in the NY Times last week about a low-performing high school with some extremely high-performing students. As you probably know, Intel sponsors a science competition for high school students that is extremely tough and very competitive. They generally take about 300 students in the competition. There are always the perennial schools like Bronx Science with many candidates but there are also other schools moving up. One is Ossining High School in Ossining, New York. Both Bronx Science and Ossining are in Westchester County in New York but Ossining is a diverse city best known as the home of Sing Sing prison. Out of the 300 students selected, 8 came from Bronx Science and 8 from Ossining. However, none of these students were selected as one of the 40 finalists. Ossining's Intel students are mostly girls (there's one boy). Their research includes: Jessica Brill (Development and Function of Extrathymic T- Cells in Athymic Bone Marrow Trans...