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Acheivement Gap

Another Film About a Struggling School... Why Should You Care?

Jacquie Jones | Posted 05.19.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Public Schools, Washington Dc Schools, No Child Left Behind, Urban Education, Race to the Top, School Reform, Tanishia Williams Minor, Acheivement Gap, Blackboard Wars, 180 Days Documentary, American Graduate, Video, Black Voices News
Jacquie Jones

It's time to address the top-down, mostly privately-funded school reform "movement" currently shaping our national education policy and the impact it's having on black and brown and, most especially, poor children.

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How the Education System Fails Underprivileged Students

Brandy Williams | Posted 10.29.2011 | Black Voices
Read More: Education, Public Schools, Underprivileged Education Gap, US Education System, Education-Gap, Failing Education, Education-Achievement-Gap, Acheivement Gap, Bv-Parenting, Black Voices News
Brandy Williams

Well-meaning educators are often the source for underprivileged student failures. In giving underprivileged students excuses and passes, educators teach them that the world owes them something.

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Why Boys Are Failing In An Educational System Stacked Against Them

Lori Day | Posted 08.27.2011 | Home
Read More: Girls, Education, Adhd, Natural Learning, Michael Gurian, Experiential Learning, Ritalin, Boys, Schools, Nclb, Richard Whitmire, College Admissions, Boys Education, Education-Achievement-Gap, Education Gender Divide, Acheivement Gap, Home News
Lori Day

Educational experts proclaim that we have a crisis in the education of boys in this country. The media attention to this topic has been extensive, yet I do not see the systemic changes that are needed.

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Can Segregation HELP? School Divides Students By Race To Boost Black Achievement

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: McCaskey East High School, Desegregation, Education, Diversity, School Segregation, Angela Tilghman, Segregation, Black Students, Acheivement Gap, Racism, Homeroom Segregation, Mentoring, Pedro Noguera, Video, Home News

UPDATE: After the segregated mentoring program sparked national outrage, McCaskey East High School has ended the policy, CNN reports. Pennsylvania's ...

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Aspen Institute and the McNulty Foundation: What's in a Prize?

John Danner | Posted 06.14.2013 | Impact
Read More: Public Schools, Charter Schools, Rocketship Education, HuffPost Aspen Institute, Aspen Institute, Failing Public Schools, McNulty Prize, Acheivement-Gap, McNulty Foundation, Impact News
John Danner

I had the privilege of accepting the prestigious McNulty Prize, awarded by the Aspen Institute and the McNulty Foundation. This prize means big things to Rocketship Education, and I'm proud and excited by the opportunities it confers.

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Head Start Founder Jule Sugarman Dies At 83

The Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Acheivement Gap, Early Childhood Education, Head Start, Jule Sugarman, Home News

Jule Sugarman, a public administrator whose skill at navigating the federal bureaucracy made him a key figure in founding the Head Start early-educati...

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CNN Hero Hill Harper Helps At-Risk Teens Succeed

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Manifest Your Destiny Foundation, Acheivement Gap, At-Risk Youth, CNN Heroes, Hill Harper, Video, Home News

Appalled by the nation's alarming drop out rate, actor Hill Harper set his sights on helping at-risk youth stay in school and on a path toward a succe...

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Aim High, Bay Area Nonprofit, Makes Summer School Fun For Low Income Kids

Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Acheivement Gap, Education, Aim High, San Francisco, Summer School, Impact News

Across America, an educational achievement gap draws a line between students whose parents have the money to pay for expensive private programs and th...

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Privilege and the Gap -- An Exchange

Rick Ayers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Acheivement Gap, Education, Berkeley High, American Schools, Race Relations, Politics News
Rick Ayers

To really attack the achievement gap, we need to start building strong communities, integrating services, and transforming assessments.

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The Huge Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Education, Economy, Mckinsey, Acheivement Gap, American Education, No Child Left Behind, Educational Disparities, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

Our failure to educate all our children to the highest levels means students in America overall are being left behind in a world where global competition is increasingly tough.

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135,000 Colorado Public School Students Unlikely To Reach Profieciency: CSAP Results

The Denver Post | Burt Hubbard and Jeremy P. Meyer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Acheivement Gap, Acheivement Gap Colorado, School Failure, CSAP, Colorado Schools, Colorado Public Schools, Denver News

Between 74,000 and 135,000 public school students in Colorado are not on pace to become proficient in reading, writing and math over the next three ye...

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