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Our Illiterate Children: Does Education Technology Put More Responsibility on Parents?

Andrew Cherwenka | Posted 04.15.2013 | Parents
Read More: Ooka Island, Education Technology, Illiteracy, Education Tech, Childhood Literacy, National Center for Education Statistics, Learning Tools, Dreambox Learning, Parents News
Andrew Cherwenka

Education technology company Ooka Island is targeting parents and communities, not just teachers, in its quest to eradicate illiteracy. Is it a great example of technology's potential or a reflection of a broken school system?

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DC's Gaping Wound: Income and Education Gaps Are Gutting Mobility

Michael Shank | Posted 11.15.2012 | DC
Read More: University of Washington, Income Inequality, Education, Native Americans, Washington DC, Thomas Jefferson, Dartmouth, Potomac River, Michael Shank, Marion Barry, Racism, Anacostia, Unemployment, Anacostia River, US Census Bureau, National Center for Education Statistics, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Classism, Poverty, African Americans, University of Georgia, Nacochtank, DC News
Michael Shank

America is witnessing some of its highest income inequality and lowest social mobility rates ever. If we are to fix any of this, it is best that we start at home, in our back yard, and in our nation's capital. And that begins with the Anacostia.

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Hitting a Home Run With Math During the World Series

Laura Overdeck | Posted 12.26.2012 | Parents
Read More: Science, College Majors, Math, Teaching Kids Math, World Series, National Center for Education Statistics, Kids and Math, Parents News
Laura Overdeck

Parents all know to read bedtime stories to their kids to build an early foundation for literacy, but most parents do not make numbers a part of the daily home routine.

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Alex Kuczynski-Brown

Most U.S. Students Lack Writing Proficiency: NAEP

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Kuczynski-Brown | Posted 09.18.2012 | Home
Read More: Student Writing, Proficiency, Writing, Computerized Testing, Nation's Report Card, Mary Crovo, Video, Computer-Based Assessment, Writing Assessment, Computer Learning, Jack Buckley, Writing Tips, Writing Assignment, Evaluating Student Writing, Student Assessment, National Center for Education Statistics, Writing Proficiency, Naep, Home News

Only roughly one quarter of eighth and 12th graders are proficient in writing, according to results from the National Assessment of Educational Progre...

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Principal: Errors Ranked Nevada School Too Highly On 'Best High Schools' List

AP | MICHELLE RINDELS | Posted 07.08.2012 | Home
Read More: Best High Schools in America, Jeff Horn, Common Core, High Schools, US News & World Report High School Rankings, Green Valley High School, US News & World Report, Best High Schools, US News & World Report High Schools, Las Vegas Schools, Nevada Schools, National Center for Education Statistics, Home News

LAS VEGAS — A principal says his suburban high school outside Las Vegas is great, but probably shouldn't win the title of 13th best in the natio...

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Tenure Rights Weaken As States Look To Fire Teachers Who Aren't Performing

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.25.2012 | Home
Read More: Idaho Schools, American Federation of Teachers, National Council on Teacher Quality, No Child Left Behind, Florida Education Association, President Barack Obama, Tenure, Race to the Top, Underperforming Teachers, Teacher Pay, Lane Brown, Barack Obama, Tenure Rights, Teacher Quality, Teacher Tenure, Teacher Tenure Rights, Education, Teacher Tenure Rights Weakening, National Center for Education Statistics, Teachers, Tom Luna, Teacher Performance, Home News

WASHINGTON — America's public school teachers are seeing their generations-old tenure protections weakened as states seek flexibility to fire te...

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Joy Resmovits

Performance Still Dismal On National Math, Reading Tests

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.10.2012 | Home
Read More: Ies, National Assessment of Educational Progress, Achievement Gap, Standardized Tests, Nces, Education Trust, Michael Petrilli, Education, Math, South Dakota Schools, National Center for Education Statistics, Fordham Institute, Education Sector, Education Reform, Reading, Naep, Home News

Students performed marginally better over the last two years on the nation's most reliable math and reading exam, according to results released Tuesda...

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Dropout Rates For Minority And Poor Students Disproportionately High

The Huffington Post | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 02.14.2012 | Home
Read More: Education, Video, High School Graduation, Graduation Rates, No Child Left Behind, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Reform, High School Dropouts, High School Graduation Rates, Dropout Rates, Home News

Debate over the No Child Left Behind revision continues on the Senate floor as lawmakers attempt to find middle ground on how the education law should...

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Joy Resmovits

Standardized Tests' Measures Of Student Performance Vary Widely: Study

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.10.2011 | Home
Read More: Education News, Arne Duncan, No Child Left Behind, Nces, Standardized Tests, Nclb Reauthorization, Nclb Waivers, Education, Common Core, Education Policy, Tennessee Education Standards, Jack Buckley, Testing Policy, National Center for Education Statistics, 112th Congress, College Proficiency, State Standards, Nclb, Naep, Home News

The United States has 50 distinct states, which means there are 50 distinct definitions of "proficient" on standardized tests for students. For exa...

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The States That Spend The Most On Education

24/7 Wall Street | Michael B. Sauter, Charles B. Stockdale & Douglas A. McIntyre | Posted 07.31.2011 | Business
Read More: US Department of Education, Education, Pennsylvania, Wall Street, National Center for Education Statistics, US Census, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, Business News

24/7 Wall Street: When it comes to education, money does not always equal success. An in-depth analysis by 24/7 Wall St. found that states that sp...

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Less Than Half Of College Students Attained Degrees In The Last 6 Years, New Study Shows

Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: College Persistence Rates, Attainment and Persistence Rates, College Attainment and Persistence Rates, College Attainment Rates, National Center for Education Statistics, BPS Longitudinal Study, College Attainment, College Persistence, Degree Attainment Rates, Nces, College News

The National Center for Education Statistics this week released findings of a longitudinal study that followed the attainment and persistence rates of...

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Minority Students Attending College In Larger Numbers: Report

Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Sat, The Chronicle of Higher Ed, Department of Education, Minorities, National Center for Education Statistics, For-Profit Colleges, College News

A new report from the United States Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics indicates that minority students are increasingly ...

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