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Prof. Maris A. Vinovskis Ph.D.


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September 2007: '"These Southern schools demonstrate that under adverse conditions ... schools can thrive," says Maris Vinovskis, a history and public policy professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. "The question now for the nation is: How can we replicate that success in difficult areas?"'

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0911/p01s06-ussc.html

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Student/Trainee (past or present) Harvard University Organization Apr 11, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Organization Apr 11, 2008

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Sep 11, 2007 Defying history and stereotype, the south's schools rise: Hundreds of high schools in the region, many still under desegregation orders, have quietly become public-education powerhouses.

QUOTE: This year, the top five schools in Newsweek's ranking of US public high schools are below the Mason-Dixon line. While Vermont's homogenous schools are ranked the "smartest," according to Morgan Quitno Press, top-performing schools in the South – from Enloe High School in Raleigh, N.C., to Suncoast Community in Riviera Beach, Fla. – have risen against the odds, teaching racially diverse and, often, poor students who, research shows, come to school less prepared than white students.

 Christian Science Monitor