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Researchers’ Assessment of NCLB Shows Need for Improvement

With the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act looming on the horizon this year, the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles (CRP/PDC) at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies recently completed a collection of essays containing several critiques of the law as well as proscriptions for change.

January 16, 2008

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High Teacher Absences Hurting Learning

WASHINGTON A year is a long time in a child’s education – the time it can take to learn cursive writing or beginning algebra. It is also how much time kids can spend with substitute teachers from kindergarten through high school – time that is all but lost for learning.

January 16, 2008

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The Year Ahead on Capitol Hill

Higher education advocates hope Congress will address Pell Grant increases, textbook costs and other priorities before the fall presidential campaign.

January 9, 2008

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The Year Ahead for Higher Education on Capitol Hill

With a presidential election on the horizon, 2008 on Capitol Hill is shaping up as a year for quick action on budget, student aid and other education bills before the fall campaign takes the national spotlight, advocates say.

January 3, 2008

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Just the Stats: High Dropout Rates Persist for Latinos, Other Minorities

By 2050, the United States Census Bureau projects that minorities will represent 50 percent of the population. In 1993-94, five million Hispanics were enrolled in public schools. Now in 2007-2008, that number has almost doubled.

December 8, 2007

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Staying Afloat in New Orleans

Adult literacy programs, needed more than ever, struggle to survive Post-Katrina.

November 28, 2007

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Penn’s Collaboration with Philly on School a Success Story

PHILADELPHIA In science class this fall, Maxwell Gontarek has been learning about genetic engineering by observing the offspring of two zebra fish an albino father and a wild mother.

November 18, 2007

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Congress Considers Fixes to No Child Left Behind

Advocacy groups say proposed changes won’t be enough to help students transfer out of substandard schools.

November 14, 2007

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High School Students Could Take Twice as Many Exams to Graduate

ATLANTA State board of education members are considering a proposal that would require teens to pass at least nine exams before they earn their high school diploma nearly twice as many tests as they take now.

November 11, 2007

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Improving High School Graduation Rates A New Federal Priority

WASHINGTON It’s a nickname no principal could be proud of: “Dropout Factory,” a high school where no more than 60 percent of the students who start as freshmen make it to their senior year. That dubious distinction applies to more than one in 10 high schools across the United States.

October 29, 2007

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Perspectives: Entrepreneurship Training Can Empower Students Being Left Behind

The rote learning taking place day after day in classrooms across the country in order to meet minimum No Child Left Behind benchmarks leaves most students bored and many teachers demoralized. Missing from the NCLB renewal discussion is the benefit of entrepreneurship education, with its experiential and contextual methods that empower students and keep them engaged.

October 23, 2007

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Nearly 900 Illinois Public Schools Don’t Meet No Child Left Behind Targets

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. The last school year saw 896 Illinois public schools fail to meet rising No Child Left Behind achievement targets, a 30 percent increase from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

October 16, 2007