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STEM

LULAC Calls for Culture-based Educational Approach and Accountability To Stem Dropout Rate Among Minorities

Reforming the No Child Left Behind Act to promote higher accountability standards for the nation’s high schools, inclusive and equitable testing and culture-based curricula may help stem the wave of minority high school student dropouts and shrink the achievement gap, a panel of educators and activists said at a LULAC meeting here this week.

July 10, 2008

Students

Students Learning English Are Isolated in Poor Schools, Study Finds

Gaps in test scores narrow when students who have not mastered English are not isolated in low-achieving schools, according to a new report from the Pew Center for English-Language learning.

July 1, 2008

Latinx

Schools Should Have Set Protocol for Educating and Retaining Immigrant Students, Educators Say

Schools need to have a protocol for educating and retaining immigrant students — documented and undocumented — and they must also engage in community outreach initiatives to build up trust among immigrant families, National Education Association (NEA) leaders and educators said during a panel on Friday at the organization’s annual conference in Washington, D.C.

June 29, 2008

Students

Report: Low-income Students in Wealthier States Benefit From Increased Education Spending

Cameron Elementary School located in Virginia and Ponderosa Elementary in North Carolina are similar in many ways.

June 15, 2008

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Educators See Civil Rights Issue in Bad Schools

If Johnny can’t read and Sally can’t add, it’s often because of the color of their skin and their ZIP code, educators and activists said Wednesday.

June 11, 2008

Students

Board-certified Teachers Boost Student Scores

Schools looking to hire teachers should keep an eye out for those with national board certification.

June 11, 2008

Latinx

Southern California Districts Facing ‘No Child Left Behind’ Sanctions

At Las Palmitas Elementary School, nestled between rundown homes and fields of grapes, peppers and dates in Southern California, 99 percent of students live in poverty and fewer than 20 percent speak English fluently.

May 13, 2008

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Administration Changes To NCLB Include Mandate For Reporting H.S. Dropouts

Citing low high school graduation rates among many students, particularly minorities, the Bush administration on Tuesday outlined plans to hold schools accountable for their performance starting next year and to require the uniform reporting of dropout and completion data by 2013.

April 22, 2008

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Report: Low Grad Rates in US Cities

Seventeen of the nation’s 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent, with the lowest graduation rates reported in Detroit, Indianapolis and Cleveland, according to a report released Tuesday.

March 31, 2008

STEM

Study Shows No Child Left Behind’s Prototype Leading to Massive Drop Out Rate

Texas’ public school system of accountability, the model on which the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is based, has been found to contribute to high drop out rates, especially among Blacks, Hispanics and English-as-a-second-language (ESL) students, according to an Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week article.

February 25, 2008

Community Colleges

Study: Community Colleges Need To Graduate More Students

As elite universities debate Congress over how much of their multi-billion-dollar endowments to spend, a new report argues that higher education’s heavy-lifters, community colleges, need both more money and better results.

January 30, 2008

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ETS, La Raza Conference: English-language Learners Fastest-growing Segment of U.S. School Population

Princeton, N.J. Educators and policy-makers answered the call to attend a two-day conference convened by Educational Testing Service and the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) to assess progress in educating students who are not proficient in English when they enter American schools and to discuss research on potential solutions.

January 17, 2008