We need to stop lumping black and Hispanic students together -- both in terms of how we measure progress and in terms of policy. The groups have different educational needs.
John Thompson | Posted 04.16.2012
The Education Trust's Amy Wilkins used her family experiences as evidence to condemn Tracey and Abby Sparrow's piece, "The Voices of Black Men." No other organization has attacked teachers in a way than has upset me more than has the Education Trust.
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Posted 03.24.2012
This piece comes to us courtesy of America's Wire. WASHINGTON —- Educators are expressing alarm that the performance gap between minority and whi...
HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 01.01.2012
Students performed marginally better over the last two years on the nation's most reliable math and reading exam, according to results released Tuesda...
HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.19.2011
As Senators of the Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee debated federal education policy at an abbreviated hearing Wednesday morning, two co...
AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 08.09.2011
MIAMI — A higher percentage of young Hispanic adults is finishing high school, and the number attending a two-year college has nearly doubled ov...
Posted 08.02.2011
According to a recent study, only 5 colleges are doing well by low-income students, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on Wednesday. Th...
John Thompson | Posted 07.12.2011
Once we reject the silver bullets proposed by "the billionaires boys club," we can commit to a humane vision of school improvement that respects the dignity of teachers and students.
AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 05.25.2011
Very few students have the advanced skills that could lead to careers in science and technology, according to results of a national exam released Tues...
Mimi Carter | Posted 05.25.2011
Michelle Rhee saw the "toxic" stress DC's children were suffering from. She knew she had to get the youngest into quality programs and fast, or she was going to lose them. In just three years she's made huge gains in Pre-K.
Posted 05.25.2011
Using data from College Results Online, two new reports from the non-profit Education Trust explored the gap between graduation rates of whites and mi...
Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011
Wrap your arms around the testing mania of Joel Klein, or you're soft on accountability. Embrace Michelle Rhee's nuclear approach to administering schools, or you're a status quo-hugging wuss.
Richard Whitmire | Posted 05.03.2012