1. Shooting for the Academic Stars.
- Author
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Graves, Lucia
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ALTERNATIVE approaches in education , *TARGETED instruction , *SCHOLARLY method , *PRIVATE schools , *HIGH schools , *COMMUNITY-school relationships ,THOMAS Jefferson High School for Science & Technology (Fairfax County, Va.) - Abstract
The article discusses the methods for academic achievement that Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Virginia employs. The school selects the best students in Northern Virginia and allows them the opportunity to interact and enable one another intellectually. The school offers specialized technology courses, complete with elite laboratories. Also discussed are critical views about the school.
- Published
- 2007