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 Wilson High School H.D. Woodson High School .

Jacksonville Lee High School Terry Parker High School Sandalwood High School Wolfson High School .

Chicago John F. Kennedy High School Morgan Park High School Roosevelt High School The Al Raby School for Community and Environment

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 Lincoln High School Thomas Jefferson High School . North High School

Jacksonville First Coast High School Raines High School Ribault High School Jackson High School .

Chicago Curie Metropolitan High School Simeon Career Academy Hubbard High School Roberto Clemente Community Academy

Tampa East Bay High School Leto High School Middleton High School Plant City High School

References

1. 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
2. The College Board website: Jan 23, 2007-Expansion of EXCELerator Schools Project to Denver, CO, and Hillsborough County, FL (Tampa), School Districts

External links

• The College Board website
• The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation