In Chess, It’s About More Than Winning
By Marian Edmonds Price Middle School In just a couple of years, students from Luther J. Price Middle School have become a force in the Georgia and national chess community. Chess at Price has helped…
Project-Based Learning Events Spark Student Interest in Real-Life Topics
Across our schools, we celebrate student achievement with the opportunity for students to present their project-based learning studies to their peers and community.
Why Project-Based Learning Matters in Turnaround Schools
Project-based learning (PBL) is an instructional approach that provides opportunities for students to collaborate and drive their own learning through an extended course of study of a real-life topic that is applicable to their lives.
The Cracked Mirror
In this essay, Price Middle School Principal Luqman Abdur-Rahman considers how the work of an educator in a turnaround school is like that of a revolutionary, working to transform a system that has historically kept students from uncovering their true potential. In ‘The Cracked Mirror,’ Principal Abdur-Rahman explains why the work starts from within the educator.
Education is the Gateway
When I was just 13 years old, I walked eight blocks, caught the subway, then walked another five blocks to get to my highly competitive school across the city. The trip was about one and a half hours each way.
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