Achievement Gap

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Growing Gaps Bring Focus on Poverty's Role in Schooling

Studies say deepening income-based academic gaps could keep poor children from finding a path out of poverty. (March 6, 2012)

Spotlight on the Achievement Gap

This Spotlight explores progress and setbacks on the achievement gap front and what schools are doing to improve learning results for all children.

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02/06 01:46 pm | Changing the National Narrative About Public Schools ... Next Steps | By Cheryl Williams, Executive Director, Learning First Alliance (LFA)  Over the past year, member organizations in the Learning First Alliance (LFA) have shared ...

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Differentiation: Moving Away from One Size Fits All
Students use technology to customize many aspects of their lives, and schools are now finding technology can also help teachers customize, or differentiate, instruction for each student.

Spurring Latino Students to Higher Achievement
In this webinar, our guests examined what the Miami-Dade school district has done to support its Latino students.

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Helping Students Motivate Themselves
Longtime community organizer Larry Ferlazzo discussed techniques he used in his classroom to help students to motivate themselves to learn.

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As the numbers of minority children entering the nation's schools grow, experts say that helping them achieve greater academic success will be crucial to future U.S. economic competitiveness.
July 15, 2013 - AP
The nation's 9- and 13-year-olds perform better in reading and math today than they did some 40 years ago, but that's not so for 17-year-olds.
June 27, 2013 - Education Week
After three years, a $1.5 million investment, and a huge staffing shake-up, the long-troubled former Shawnee High School in Louisville, Ky., remains on tenuous ground.
June 11, 2013 - Education Week
Paul Reville writes that it's time for a learning system that isn't about mass-produced education, but instead one that speaks to the needs of the individual child.
June 4, 2013 - Education Week
The 22 different Youth Connection Charter Schools specialize in giving students second chances.
May 31, 2013 - Education Week
A sound-engineering class at Youth Connection's Innovations High School helped hook Devonte Perry McCullum on education.
May 31, 2013 - Education Week
Caring teachers, hands-on work, and a safe environment persuaded Kimberly Mitchell to take another go at high school.
May 31, 2013 - Education Week
Andrew Delgado got his second chance at a charter school for students who have already left school or are likely to.
May 31, 2013 - Education Week
Getting the students past the schoolhouse door may be the easy part. Keeping them long enough to get a diploma is another thing entirely, say experts and educators.
May 31, 2013 - Education Week
Dropouts give a common array of reasons for leaving high school early, and targeted programs have been created in response.
May 31, 2013 - Education Week

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