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Are High Schools Failing Their Students?
The NeedDoes earning a diploma guarantee that a high school graduate is ready for work and college? It should, for very ...
Source: The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement
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Assessment Literacy in Today’s Classroom
The documentation of student learning and progress now plays a primary role in how our schools and educational programs ...
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Should Race be a Factor in Assigning Students to Public Schools?
The U.S. Supreme Court decides two major cases this spring involving the use of race in assigning students to public ...
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Educating Our Youth
What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?- Cicero, 106-43 B.C.EThe ...
Source: Faith and the City
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Maker of SAT Aims New Test at 8th Graders
Officials at the New York City-based College Board last week rolled out their newest product: ReadiStep.No, it’s ...
Source: Education Week
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Study Says Most 1st Grade Classes Not High Quality
A study of 820 1st grade classrooms suggests that many are not as warm, friendly, and academically stimulating as some ...
Source: Education Week
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Early Childhood Education
“The achievement gap can be considerably minimized with exposure to high-quality pre-kindergarten.” ...
Source: Early Education for All
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New Research on High-Performing, High-Poverty Schools
In 2004, Lincoln Elementary School in downtown Louisville scored in the top 20 percent of all elementary schools on ...
Source: The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement
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American Culture Seen to Thwart Girls' Math Development
Educators have worried for years that U.S. schools are squandering the mathematical talents of young girls, allowing ...
Source: Education Week
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Creating Inclusive Classrooms and Communities for Rural Poor
Small towns have long been idealized as good places to raise children. Research shows that agrarian small towns can ...
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Racial and Cultural Problems at College
Minorities, immigrants, and foreign nationals face exceptionally tough challenges at college. They frequently face ...
Source: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Outrageous School Policies: What Parents Can Do
Parents probably have more power to affect rules and policies at their children's schools than they realize.
Source: Education.com
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Transition to Kindergarten Parent Guides: What About Sharing My Family Culture?
Your family beliefs have a great impact on your child’s life. Each family has its own set of customs, attitudes, ...
Source: Michigan Department of Education
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Student Dress Policies
In recent years, schools across the country have experienced violence, gang activity, and thefts of clothing and ...
Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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Findings From The Condition of Education 2009
Enrollment in America’s elementary and secondary schools continues to rise to all-time highs, and younger ...
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What's to Gain with a Longer School Day?
What's to gain with a longer school day? Some say extending learning hours will narrow the achievement gap, help working...
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Why School Cafeterias Are Dishing Out Fast Food
America is facing an obesity epidemic. So why are school cafeterias dishing out delivery pizza and brand-name burgers?
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Gender Gap: Why Boys Can't Keep Up
The classroom gender gap might not be what you expect: these days, it's more likely to be male students that just can't...
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The Homework Debate
Many in the education field today are looking for evidence to support the case for homework, but are coming up empty...
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School Spankings: The Corporal Punishment Debate
Many adults can recall being on the receiving end of an punitive smack to the backside during their schooling years. But...
Source: Education.com
