Achievement Gap

The latest news about the achievement gap, including articles, Commentaries, and special features

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.

Issue Backgrounder

For background on this topic, see:
Achievement Gap

Transforming Learning Blog

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 ...

On-Demand Webinars

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.

Chat Transcript

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

PD Directory

The Professional Development Directory features courses and resources for teachers on:
School-Wide Improvement Efforts

Get RSS Feed for This Topic Latest News

Many of the companies contributing to the 'Connect to Compete' effort bring strong experience in educational outreach.
October 25, 2011 - Education Week
The Los Angeles Unified School District agrees to changes involving English-learners and African-American students.
October 18, 2011 - Education Week
Public education could learn lessons about looking beyond test scores to teaching the whole child from Catholic schools, Philip V. Robey writes.
October 4, 2011 - Education Week
A look back at 20 years of data on Chicago Public Schools paints a different picture of educational trends and progress than the statistics that the public sees.
October 4, 2011 - Education Week
The declining support for public education spells the death knell for the American dream, argues economist Catharine Hill.
September 27, 2011 - Education Week
An analysis of test data on 82,000 students finds that many students who start out as high achievers lose their edge as they move through school.
September 20, 2011 - Education Week
New results suggest that bullying can have a long-lasting impact on victims' academic achievement, especially for high-achieving black and Latino students.
August 23, 2011 - Education Week
Online education can offer at-risk students a fresh start and welcome flexibility, but they also need support to help them take responsibility for their own learning.
August 22, 2011 - Education Week
A recent summit provided a forum for addressing three core benefits of expanded-learning time, write Eric Schwarz and Fred Frelow.
August 9, 2011 - Education Week
At a time when a majority of states may be falling short of federal testing goals, a report suggests that students in the Title I program for disadvantaged students are making progress.
August 9, 2011 | Updated: March 24, 2012 - Education Week

Most Popular Stories

Viewed

Emailed

Recommended

Commented