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Article: Giving all students the keys to college and skilled careers: one district's approach: the authors tell the tale of how the Garden Grove Unified School District, winner of the Broad Prize for Urban Education in 2004, continues to make progress toward its long-term goal of helping all students become ready for college or skilled careers.
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- November 1, 2007
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THIS IS the story of how the Garden Grove Unified School District in California is taking on the challenge of preparing all students for college and skilled careers. Though every student may not plan to attend college, the district has decided that the opportunities made available to students should not depend solely on the foresight of teenagers or the prejudgments of adults. The curriculum that gives each student the ability to succeed in college, should he or she choose to attend, also provides the key that unlocks the door to skilled careers for the non-college-bound.
Though many definitions of "college and career readiness" are possible, Garden Grove's ...
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