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)

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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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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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At nearly 75 percent, the high school graduation rate for the class of 2010 is the highest since the 1970s, according to the latest analysis from the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center.
May 31, 2013 - Education Week
The District of Columbia has devoted many resources to the standards, resulting in hopes, frustrations, and the knowledge that changes are necessary.
May 21, 2013 - Education Week
Shifting to statewide school funding systems would address inequities in the way education is paid for, writes Cynthia G. Brown.
May 21, 2013 - Education Week
Policymakers should make supporting struggling students a higher priority than enacting standards for all, John H. Jackson writes.
May 7, 2013 - Education Week
In many U.S. schools, students struggling the most in mathematics at the start of high school have the worst odds of getting a qualified teacher in the subject, new research finds.
April 2, 2013 - Education Week
After being condemned as discriminatory in the 1990s, grouping students by academic ability seems to be back in vogue with a new generation of teachers, according to an analysis of federal teacher data.
March 26, 2013 - Education Week
New studies highlight the complex roles that neighborhoods, schools, interests, and academic expectations can play in school-selection processes.
March 26, 2013 - Education Week
March 25, 2013 - Education Week
A federal panel proposes a five-pronged agenda aimed at helping children in poverty and eliminating the achievement gap.
February 26, 2013 - Education Week
Getting low-income students, particularly kindergartners, to attend school is key to breaking the cycle of poverty, writes Marc Cutillo.
February 26, 2013 - Education Week

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