The same but different

I stumbled across this in the NY Times this morning. It just so happens to fit in perfectly to our college readiness ideas.

EDUCATION

A Prep School That’s Public, Hoping to Level the Field

By JULI S. CHARKES

Published: September 14, 2008

Palisade Preparatory School provides top-notch instruction to disadvantaged students of troubled Yonkers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/14yonkerswe.html?ex=1378958400&en=475a58f56bff5088&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink