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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Experts credit the state program for helping increase the number of students taking and passing Advanced Placement exams.
October 23, 2012 - Education Week
Suburbs are unprepared for major racial and demographic changes taking place in their schools, Erica Frankenberg and Gary Orfield write.
October 22, 2012 - Education Week
The most prominent K-12 "reformers" are out of touch with the daily realities of public schools and the teachers who work inside them, writes Cheryl Scott Williams.
October 16, 2012 - Education Week
Many waiver states are setting different expectations for different subgroups of students, a dramatic shift in policy from the original law.
October 15, 2012 | Updated: November 19, 2012 - Education Week
An Oakland, Calif., program tries to encourage more nonwhites to enter teaching—and stay in it.
October 9, 2012 - Education Week
Four writers explore the implications of the recent teachers' strike in Chicago.
October 2, 2012 - Education Week
Cognitive development and academic independence are but two of the benefits gained by students who learn how to play chess, writes Salome Thomas-EL.
September 25, 2012 - Education Week
Just over half of black males earn a high school diploma in four years, compared with more than three-quarters of white males, the Schott Foundation finds.
September 19, 2012 - Education Week
Service initiatives can help schools and teachers reach struggling students, writes Jim Balfanz of City Year.
September 18, 2012 - Education Week
While many in their party remain opposed, some state and local Democrats see vouchers as an escape hatch for students in failing schools.
September 18, 2012 - Education Week

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