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A report on the Foundation's City High School Recognition Program, in which 202 schools in 56 cities were honored for improved performance over the past decade.

Ford Foundation
1984
115 pages

Contents
Foreword: Footnotes
I the City High School Recognition Program: What It Was and How It Operated: The First Year; To Stop or Go Forward; The Second Year
II Impressions of the Site Visitors: Impressions of 1982; Impressions of 1983
III Recognition: the High Schools and the Nation Respond: Mr. Meno:; Mr. Newman:
IV Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead
Acknowledgements
Appendix a Cities in Which Recognition Awards Were Made
Appendix B Recipients of $1,000 Recognition Awards 1982 and 1983
Appendix C Recipients of $20,000 Project Grants 1982 And 1983: Albuquerque, New Mexico (1); Atlanta, Georgia (2); Baltimore, Maryland (3); Birmingham, Alabama (4); Boston, Massachusetts (1); Charlotte, North Carolina (1); Chicago, Illinois (10); Cincinnati, Ohio (2); Cleveland, Ohio (2); Columbus, Ohio (1); Dallas, Texas (1); Des Moines, Iowa (1); Detroit, Michigan (5); El Paso, Texas (2); Fort Worth, Texas (1); Houston, Texas (1); Indianapolis, Indiana (2); Jackson, Mississippi (1); Jacksonville, Florida (3); Jersey City, New Jersey (1); Kansas City, Missouri (1); Knoxville, Tennessee (1); Los Angeles, California (3); Memphis, Tennessee (1); Miami, Florida (1); Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2); New Orleans, Louisiana (2); New York, New York (11); Norfolk, Virginia (3); Oakland, California (2); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1); Omaha, Nebraska (2); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (4); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1); Portland, Oregon (1); Providence, Rhode Island (1); St. Louis, Missouri (2); San Antonio, Texas (3); Seattle, Washington (1); San Francisco, California (1); San Jose, California (4); Syracuse, New York (1); Tampa, Florida (1); Toledo, Ohio (1); Tucson, Arizona (1); Washington, D.C. (2); Worcester, Massachusetts (1)
Appendix D Site Visitors 1982 and 1983
Appendix E Selection Panels 1982 and 1983 (Affiliations As of the Time of Service on the Panels): 1982; 1983
Appendix F

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