Poverty and Education

Joy Resmovits

Chronic Absenteeism Hurts Millions Of Students

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 05.17.2012

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Danet Robaina-Cline, an attendance counselor at Chaparral High, considers her school lucky. Like other schools in Las Vegas, a city reeling from th...

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Joy Resmovits

Public Schools Start Tracking Alumni In College

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 04.18.2012

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From the federal government to school boards, policymakers and administrators are increasingly setting their sights on "college and career readiness" ...

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Bolder, Broader Strategy to Ending Poverty's Influence on Education

Pedro Noguera | Posted 02.01.2012

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Pedro Noguera

American policy makers and reformers must be willing to accept the obvious: School reform efforts can't ignore the effects of poverty on children's lives or on the performance of schools.

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The Global Search for Education: More From India

C. M. Rubin | Posted 12.04.2011

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C. M. Rubin

"On the face of it, the two systems are at least a century apart and may have nothing to learn from each other."

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Joy Resmovits

75 Trillion Reasons Why U.S. Math Proficiency Matters

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.17.2011

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U.S. students rank poorly in proficiency on both domestic and international math exams, a problem that could cost the country $75 trillion over 80 yea...

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Is Higher Education Living Up to Its Promise of Opportunity for Low-Income Students?

Michael Laracy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Laracy

Michelle Asha Cooper, president of the Institute for Higher Education Policy, contributed the following commentary on the correlation between postseco...

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Narrowing the Digital Divide

Margee Ensign | Posted 05.25.2011

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Margee Ensign

The world's educational resources increasingly are in the palm of our hand. The only question is whether we can envision and create a new educational world where all children have access to the world's knowledge.

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The Tale of the Tape: Child Almost Gets Left Behind

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 05.25.2011

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Esther J. Cepeda

The way to ensure no children get "left behind" isn't more cash to schools, it's more resources to people.

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