This paper explores the history of Robert L. Vann Elementary, an elementary school in Pittsburghs Hill District, which was once one of the highest achieving schools in the city. During Vanns most successful years, Principal Doris Brevard implemented specific procedures and developed rules to ensure that Vann studentswho were predominantly black and impoverishedwould achieve at the highest level. After Brevards retirement in 1995, and a series of educational reform laws and practices were put into effect, Vanns success ended. This paper examines why those changes occurred and questions if the practices that principal Brevard once used could be put into place today to close the achievement gap between black and white students.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PITT/oai:PITTETD:etd-11302010-173705 |
| Date | 21 December 2010 |
| Creators | Williams, Whitney Gracia |
| Contributors | Cythia Skrzycki, Laurence Glasco, Craig Bernier, Leslie Rubinkowski |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh |
| Source Sets | University of Pittsburgh |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-11302010-173705/ |
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