Underserved Students

Equity & Diversity N.C. Ordered To Meet At-Risk Students' Needs
North Carolina must address its failure to meet the academic needs of at-risk students by formulating a "strategic" and "comprehensive" plan for providing the sound basic education guaranteed under the state constitution, a judge ruled last week in the state's 7-year-old school finance case.
Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, April 4, 2001
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Equity & Diversity Early Years
Better Foster Care: A growing number of children who are 4 years old or younger are entering foster care with "serious physical, mental, and developmental health problems" that need better treatment, concludes a new policy from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
December 13, 2000
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2 min read
College & Workforce Readiness Fewer Dropouts From Career Academies, Study Says
Career academies don't necessarily raise students' test scores, but they do help at-risk youths stay in school, according to the latest findings from a long-term study conducted by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corp.
John Gehring, February 9, 2000
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3 min read
Equity & Diversity Report Cites Threats to Children In New Millennium
The plague of poverty, a lack of health care, and the specter of violent crime are some of the afflictions children face in the next millennium, concludes a report released last week.
Adrienne D. Coles, December 8, 1999
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2 min read
Student Well-Being & Movement Health Update
  • Scoliosis Screening Spurs Disagreement
  • At-Risk Youths
November 17, 1999
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4 min read
Equity & Diversity A War Of Attrition
African Americans are joining the teaching ranks in growing numbers, but many quit within the first few years. Will Oakland’s Ben Schmookler stick it out?
David Ruenzel, August 1, 1998
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25 min read
School Choice & Charters A School Away From Home
In rural Pennsylvania, one of the nation's few public boarding schools has offered students a safe haven for more than a century.
Beth Reinhard, May 14, 1997
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15 min read
School & District Management Dade Backs Boarding School for Troubled Boys

The Dade County, Fla., school district is seeking state money to build a first-of-its-kind boarding school for boys who are likely to get into trouble with the law.

Beth Reinhard, March 5, 1997
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3 min read
College & Workforce Readiness Carson City School Vote Puts Middle-College Idea on the Line

Voters in Carson City, Nev., will decide in two weeks whether to build a new high school. As simple as that sounds, the $48.5 million bond issue has proved divisive, and not just because of the accompanying tax increase. Passage of the measure has only about an even chance--in large part because the new school would be a feature of an educational experiment that is growing in popularity nationwide.

Millicent Lawton, October 23, 1996
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7 min read
Equity & Diversity Opinion Voices: Missing Person
James sits next to me and unfolds the day's Metro section. "Will you read this to me?" he asks, pointing to a story on the lower half of the page.
Joanna Johnson, September 4, 1996
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2 min read
Law & Courts Ruling Prompts Md. District To Revise Program for Black Males
The Prince George's County, Md., school district has revised a program designed to help young black men succeed in school after federal officials determined that it was discriminatory.
Cheryl Gamble, February 7, 1996
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3 min read
Equity & Diversity Foundation To Aid Joint Efforts for 'At Risk' Youths
To address the rising dropout rate among the state's high-school students, public and private agencies in Oregon have independently focused their efforts over the years on alternative-education and training programs for "at-risk" young people--those troubled teenagers least ready for the world of work.
Susan G. Foster, January 25, 1984
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5 min read
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