Of the 186 districts with available data, New Haven’s Booker T. Washington Academy is the highest performing overall in math and 33rd highest-performing district in ELA: 87.1% of Booker T. Washington Academy’s students are on track be ready for college and career. These students are outperforming children in math in our wealthiest districts, like New Canaan and Darien, 85.1% and 80.9%, respectively. 86% of students who attend Booker T. Washington Academy are Black or African American, and 82% quality for free and reduced-price lunch. -CONNCAN July 2017
Theory of Action
High expectations are not solely confined to BTWA’s scholars. Our educational philosophy supports creating a place where everyone must learn and grow.
The BTWA Theory of Action
If we provide our scholars with high quality instruction intentionally focused on increasing scholar access to appropriate levels of complex text, justifying their thinking, providing text-based answers, demonstrating deep conceptual understanding for problem-solving, and applying concepts to real world problems; and we assess students early and often, and use that data to inform instructional decision-making; and we message the importance of hard work as a means through which students get smarter; then we will achieve our goal of ensuring every scholar is career and college ready and prepared to successfully compete in the global market place.
Work Hard. Get Smart.
At BTWA, we are committed to ensuring that our scholars reach the heights of achievement that we know they are capable. Here, we believe in the importance of developing a growth mindset in scholars.
In a fixed, mindset, people believe that intelligence and talent are fixed traits, tied to birth. Because of this, they tend to take these qualities for granted versus developing them. They also erroneously believe that talent alone guarantees success.
We disagree. In a growth mindset, people believe that intelligence and talent can be developed through hard work and dedication. This way of thinking shifts the focus to creating a love for learning, and building the kind of resilience that will serve our scholars well regardless of what they choose to do in the future.
History is full of great people who exemplified a growth mindset, including Booker T. Washington, who had neither a high school nor college education, yet went on to be the founder of Tuskegee Institute and was at one time, amongst the most famous and powerful men in America.
Work Hard. Get Smart.
At BTWA, we are committed to ensuring that our scholars reach the heights of achievement that we know they are capable. Here, we believe in the importance of developing a growth mindset in scholars.
In a fixed, mindset, people believe that intelligence and talent are fixed traits, tied to birth. Because of this, they tend to take these qualities for granted versus developing them. They also erroneously believe that talent alone guarantees success.
We disagree. In a growth mindset, people believe that intelligence and talent can be developed through hard work and dedication. This way of thinking shifts the focus to creating a love for learning, and building the kind of resilience that will serve our scholars well regardless of what they choose to do in the future.
History is full of great people who exemplified a growth mindset, including Booker T. Washington, who had neither a high school nor college education, yet went on to be the founder of Tuskegee Institute and was at one time, amongst the most famous and powerful men in America.
