REACH: more media buzz
A nice editorial in today's NY Post:
The privately funded REACH - Rewarding Achievement - program will award up to $1,000 to students who do well on the tests, as well as $2,000 to their schools and the chance at grants to bolster their Advanced
Learning for Earnings' Sake
New York Post
October 16, 2007
Editorial
A new pilot program is offering hefty rewards to kids at 31 public and private city high schools who pass or ace demanding Advanced Placement tests, which let high schoolers earn college credit.
Placement classes. With too few black and Latino students taking and passing the tests, the theory is that maybe dollars will produce scholars. It's well worth the try, encouraging students in underprivileged
neighborhoods to reap the benefits of academic success, now and in the future.
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