News Briefs
In its third annual report, the Data Quality Campaign concludes that six states have all 10 elements of a longitudinal data system that can track the academic growth of individual students from year to year, from preschool through college.
December 1, 2008
Three months after the Clayton County school district lost its accreditation, another Georgia district is facing the same fate.
November 26, 2008
Of the public schools in California serving large numbers of students in poverty, 12 of the 15 highest-performing ones are charter schools, says a new analysis by the California Charter Schools Association.
November 18, 2008
A group of student leaders in Chicago has persuaded the city school system to launch a pilot program designed to reduce the dropout rate by making high school more relevant and responsive to teenagers’ needs.
November 17, 2008
Many school districts in the Washington area have canceled classes for Inauguration Day in January, or are considering that step.
November 17, 2008
Latino and black civil rights organizations have joined forces to examine reported racial tensions between students in the Oxnard Union High School District in California.
November 17, 2008
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