Achieving College Dreams: A University-Charter District Partnership

Edited by Rhona S. Weinstein and Frank C. Worrell | Frank C. Worrell, Education | Oxford University Press, 2016

• Features the inspiring story of a more than decade-long partnership between a research university and charter district
• Provides a longitudinal look at new school creation and partnerships across the secondary-tertiary divide
• Focuses on how to transform high schools for underserved students, raising expectations for college-preparedness and success for all
• Provides new ways of thinking about advisories, integrating academic rigor and support, school culture today, deepening engagement in subject-matter, and student formation of an academic identity
• Represents diverse perspectives from students to superintendents; from schools and districts to universities