September 22, 1993

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A.C.T. Scores Rise, But Gender Gap In Peformance Worries Some

Average scores on the American College Testing Program entrance exam rose this year for the first time since 1989, the Iowa City-based firm announced last week.

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Higher-Ed. Grant To Help Plan Camden Lab School

The New Jersey Department of Higher Education has awarded a $1.6 million planning grant to Rutgers University to create an innovative community center housing a laboratory school in one of the poorest neighborhoods in one of the nation's poorest cities.

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Staff Shake-Up at RJR Nabisco Raises Fear About Education Focus

A leadership shake-up at the RJR Nabisco Foundation--a leading corporate supporter of school reform--is raising questions about its commitment to precollegiate education.

FOUNDATION SUPPORT: Coverage of specific topics in Education Week is supported in part by grants from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the CME Group Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, the NoVo Foundation, the Noyce Foundation, the Raikes Foundation, the Wallace Foundation, and the Walton Family Foundation. The newspaper retains sole editorial control over the content of the articles that are underwritten by the foundations. Additional grants in support of Editorial Projects in Education’s data journalism and video capacity come from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust and the Schott Foundation for Public Education. (Updated 1/1/2017)

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