programs : the tripod project

The Tripod Project was a national initiative is twelve public high schools under the direction of Prof. Ronald Ferguson of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. Its focus was on harvesting and sharing teachers' best ideas for achieving high levels of social and intellectual engagement in the classroom.

Its objective was to achieve academic achievement for all students but Tripod was especially targeted at narrowing the achievement gap that separates racial and ethnic groups. Prof. Ferguson has praised Brookline High School as "a vibrant and progressive high school with...a strong sense of professional community among the staff and a culture of cooperation."