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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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One Region, Two Environments
When Faith And The City invited me to write a guest column on the physical and social environments, I welcomed the ...
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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Subgroup Performance and School Reform
Ask educators to explain where they are directing their school improvement efforts these days and chances are they will ...
Source: The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement
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Study: Girls Perform Just as Well in Math as Boys
Despite the all-too-common perception that boys tend to do better than girls in math, a new study shows that female ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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SECOND STEP Success in Washington, DC
"We have schools that are really starting to see some significant changes in regard to implementing with fidelity ...
Source: Committee for Children
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The Cost of Special Needs: How Does Your State Rank?
How much does it cost to raise a child with special needs? The answer may depend on what state you live in. A new study ...
Source: Education.com
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School Searches: What Parents, Kids and Schools Need to Know about the 4th Amendment
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a partial strip-search of a 13-year-old student in an Arizona school was ...
Source: Education.com
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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?
Source: Education.com
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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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Achievement Gaps: How Black and White Students in Public Schools Perform in Mathematics and Reading
In 2007, mathematics scores for both Black and White public school students in grades 4 and 8 nationwide, as measured ...
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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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Is Play on its Way Out?
For an increasing number of children, play just isn't taking place, and the consequences for child development may be...
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Is More School the Answer?
President Obama has called for several reform measures to be put on the table in an effort to improve student...
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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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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...
Source: Education.com
