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How a Chinatown school is trying to bring more diversity to theater

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

In 2005, Lee co-founded NAAP to offer summertime musical theater programs to schoolchildren in Chinatown. Related: Theater helps English language learners master Common Core: But can it close the achievement gap? Yung Wing School’s panda mascot adorns the lobby of the school. Photo: Eveline Chao for The Hechinger Report.

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Dropout Elementary Report Common Core

A school once known for gang activity is now sending kids to college

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Ocon, who had been at the school since 2005, became convinced that the source of the dismal performance numbers was not the kids but a hidebound curriculum that was simply not working to their benefit. 84 percent of this Chicago high school’s students graduate on time and 52 percent of them now go to college, an 11-point increase from 2012.

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Report Competency Based Learning Common Core System

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How a Chinatown school is trying to bring more diversity to theater

A school once known for gang activity is now sending kids to college

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