CONTEXTS THAT PROMOTE SUCCESS FOR INNER-CITY STUDENTS

This article examines the interventions associated with the Say Yes to Education program, a college tuition-guarantee program that was promi sed to graduating sixth graders from low-income families in the School District of Philadelphia in 1987. The program attempted to change the content of school and the odds that defeat inner-city students. The p rogram made a critical point: Without transforming relationships and w idening the sense of possibility, students would not be able to take a dvantage of the opportunity The article presents research on student o utcomes and analyzes two stories of students' lives as examples of how particular contents can produce success.