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Avila Professor Reaches Out to At-risk High School Students

KANSAS CITY Mo. Tears trickled down Reulan Levin’s face as she read the thank-you letter proof that her caring had helped lift a former student over seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

November 15, 2007

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Just the Stats: NAEP Data Shows Improvements in Math, Yet Widening Achievement Gap in Urban Districts

A new report on the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) scores for the largest urban school districts shows overall improvement in math for the mostly low-income and minority students who make up these districts, but a widening achievement gap between minority and White students.

November 14, 2007

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How the University of Virginia Increased Attendance During Black Alumni Weekend

Volunteers and organizations and the University of Virginia help turn around attendance at a three-day event bringing together the school’s Black alumni.

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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Study: Penn State Athletes Graduating at Record Rate

STATE COLLEGE Pa. Penn State athletes are earning their degrees at a record rate, according to data released Thursday by the university.

November 8, 2007

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Report: California Dropouts Spike in First Year of Exit Exam for High School Graduation

SACRAMENTO Calif. The number of California high school dropouts spiked in 2006, the first year seniors were required to pass an exit exam to graduate, according to a report presented Wednesday to the state Board of Education.

November 7, 2007

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Hispanic Students Thrive More in Culture of Community, Says Report

Hispanic students tend to succeed more at institutions where there is a culture of inclusiveness and an explicit commitment from the leadership to serve the community, according to a new report from The American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU).

November 6, 2007

Latinx

CEO Claims Anti-Minority Remarks Edited on YouTube

The founder and chief of Internet retailer Overstock.com recently got into hot water with controversial remarks he made about minorities and education but he now claims they weren’t just taken out of context.

November 4, 2007

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Some South Carolina Schools Work to Shed Nation’s Highest Dropout Rate

CHARLESTON S.C. Takara Perry knows if she had stayed on at St. Johns High School, she would simply have dropped out.

November 4, 2007

STEM

19 Public University Systems Commit To Closing Achievement Gap

African-American college students earn bachelor’s degrees at nearly half the rate – Hispanic students are nearly worse at less than a third – than white students. Low-income students get their undergraduate degrees at one-eighth the rate of economically more advantaged students. Now, nineteen public higher education systems across the country have banded together to try to reverse these trends.

October 30, 2007

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Student Graduation Rate at the University of Arizona Falls Lower

TUCSON Ariz. A new report shows 63 percent of the University of Arizona student-athletes who enrolled in the 2000-01 school year graduated within six years.

October 30, 2007

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NAACP Wants Apology From Overstock Chief

The founder of Overstock.com rejected the NAACP’s demand for an apology last week after an Internet video surfaced of him saying that Utah minorities who don’t graduate from high school might as well be burned or thrown away.

October 28, 2007