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Evaluating Project L.I.F.T.: A Cross-Sector Effort to Close the Achievement Gap

Released February 2018

In 2012, RFA began a five-year, mixed methods study of Project L.I.F.T. (Leadership and Investment for Transformation), a philanthropic initiative designed to close the achievement gap in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District (CMS). Focusing on the West Charlotte Corridor student feeder pattern, which consists of nine schools and 7,000 students, Project L.I.F.T. aims to eliminate the educational disparities through support of four key intervention approaches: Talent, Time, Technology, and Parent and Community Support.

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