Demographics
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Report: Special Education in America
The upcoming EPE Research Center report examines a number of key issues facing students with disabilities ranging from the demographics of the population, educational settings, overrepresentation of certain student groups, achievement, high school completion, and transitions to adulthood.
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Educational Attainment Rises Among All Americans
A study finds racial and ethnic groups became better educated over the past decade, but gaps remain for blacks and Hispanics.
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School Districts Scramble to Help Homeless Students
Federal law requires that districts help with transportation so students don't have to disrupt their education when their families move.
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Poor, Minority Pupils Are Now a Majority in South
The public school enrollment of the 15 southern states studied has been majority poor for several years, and is now also majority-minority, a report finds.
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Study Urges Regional Focus on Rural Schools
Rural schools are more diverse and need more help from programs for disadvantaged students than they typically receive, a new report says.
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Mixed Heritage Said to Present Complex Issues
While the incoming president is sparking interest in mixed-race children, the research base on their schooling contains sizeable gaps.
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The Future of ELL Education
Quality Counts 2009 writer Mary Ann Zehr invited a state legislator, an administrator of English-language programs for a large urban school district, and an expert on state policy for ELLs to discuss how school districts and states should meet the challenges of educating these students.
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Quality Counts 2009: Portrait of a Population
EPE Research Center Director Christopher B. Swanson and blogger Mary Ann Zehr discussed the findings in Quality Counts 2009.
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Better Data Seen as Vital to Improving Nation's Schools
Imagine the research possibilities if every student in the country carried a “virtual backpack” stuffed with statistics on his or her entire educational history.
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Districts See Rising Numbers of Homeless Students
Foreclosures caused by the nation’s mortgage crisis are said to be fueling the increases.
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Ed. Dept. Says Enrollment Nears Milestone
Enrollment in U.S. public elementary and secondary schools is expected to reach 50 million for the first time in the nation’s history in 2009-10.
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South’s Schools Pass Milestone on Poverty
Students from low-income households could constitute more than half of K-12 enrollment in public schools nationally within 10 years, a report contends.
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Low-Income Students Are Public School Majority in South, Study Finds
The report predicts that the nation as a whole could reach the same demographic milestone within a decade if current trends persist.