Entering high school, Avery Salumbides didn’t care much for sports. There weren’t any she really enjoyed, and she said she wasn’t particularly good at any of them.
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District can tout the talents, accomplishments and college placements of its most successful students.
But, as Pedro Noguera is quick to point out, the district&
Members of Santa Monica High School's Academic Decathlon team created thousands of flashcards, spent countless hours in after-school practices and honed their skills with challenging short-answer exams.
Then
