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Building a Schoolwide Culture of Consistency

A principal has turned a school in the Bronx around by asking teachers to promote literacy every day—in every subject area.

April 12, 2019

This video is part of our Schools That Work series and features key practices from Concourse Village Elementary School

Schools That Work

Concourse Village Elementary School

Public, Urban
Grades Pre-K to 5
The Bronx, NY

The problem-solving procedure and math tasks featured in this video were developed by Exemplars, a company that provides a library of rich performance tasks and professional development for K-12 schools.   

Edutopia wishes to thank Accelerate Institute for helping us discover Concourse Village Elementary School.

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