That, in turn, will raise academic performance, he said.
Some advocates of higher standards say that more spending would not raise academic performance.
The Thernstroms produce plenty of examples of minority schools that are raising academic performance through discipline and accountability.
In at least two of the longest-running cases, in Texas and Kentucky, new financing plans joined to other educational improvements are credited with raising academic performance.
"With this information, parents, administrators and teachers can, and should, work together to help raise academic performance and expectations for students," Mr. Hespe said.
Arranging for extra funds for supplies and instruments, teacher training, partnerships with cultural organizations and high-profile mentors like Mr. Close, Turnaround is trying to use the arts to raise academic performance across the board.
The emphasis on summer school is a byproduct of the national movement to raise academic performance, improve scores on standardized tests and end automatic promotion based on age rather than achievement.
The 14 states, most of which had their own systems for raising academic performance in place before the federal No Child Left Behind law took effect two years ago, charged that as currently written, the law would brand too many schools "in need of improvement," and thus squander limited resources.
This seems to corroborate the premise that Cuba's values education programme can and does assist students to become more civil, caring and conscientious and, in the long run, raise academic performance to heights often unparalleled elsewhere.
In an effort to reduce commuting and raise academic performance and retention, starting with the 2010 2011 academic year, freshmen from outside the Tier 1 Local Admissions area (the area roughly bounded by the San Gabriel Mountains and Chino Hills to the north and south and the 15 and 605 freeways to the east and west), will be required to live on campus.
