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The Poor Get Poorer and The Achievement Gap Widens

Studies show that students born or raised in affluent families are more likely to succeed. From day one, an infant exposed to finer books, art, music, and language begins to bloom. The widening academic achievement gap between the rich and the poor is undeniable. Race, in the [...]

The Poor Get Poorer and The Achievement Gap Widens2016-11-29T17:38:54-05:00

Florida Passes Education Plan That Sets Goals for Students Based on Race

Students in a North Miami classroom. (Photo: Jodi Marr/CC) By Julianne Hing | Originally Published at Colorlines. October 16, 2012 It could have been something remarkable. Public education policy which acknowledges the reality of race and inequity? Except, Florida’s recent attempt at doing so has sparked widespread, [...]

Florida Passes Education Plan That Sets Goals for Students Based on Race2016-11-29T17:38:57-05:00

Charges of Bias in Admission Test Policy at Eight Elite Public High Schools

Photograph; The Bronx High School of Science is one of eight schools in New York for which a shared exam is the sole criterion for entrance. A federal complaint regarding this policy was filed on Thursday. By Al Baker | Originally Published The New York Times. September [...]

Charges of Bias in Admission Test Policy at Eight Elite Public High Schools2016-11-29T17:38:58-05:00

Colorblindness; The Un-Common Core

Getty Images/The Washington Post Colorblindness! This is the Common Core that we never address. We speak about testing, and touch on arresting. Intellectually, we understand that schools are now a "pipeline to prison." Still, we want discipline at least within the curriculum…or we once did. Now we [...]

Colorblindness; The Un-Common Core2016-11-29T17:38:58-05:00

Does Obesity Affect School Performance?

By Amanda Gardner | Originally Published atCable News Network/Health.com. Thursday, June 14, 2012 (Health.com) -- Obese children and teenagers face a slew of potential health problems as they get older, including an increased risk of diabetes, heart attacks, and certain cancers. As if that weren't enough, obesity [...]

Does Obesity Affect School Performance?2016-11-29T17:39:00-05:00

Achievement Gap: It’s Still About Race

In American society, we can't avoid the fact that socioeconomic disparities are racial disparities By Joe Pettit | Originally Published at The Baltimore Sun. February 22, 2012 | Photographic Credit; Chris Ryan/Getty Images Imagine a report that reached the following three conclusions: In Maryland, 35 percent [...]

Achievement Gap: It’s Still About Race2016-11-29T17:39:01-05:00

Students and Their Schooling: Does Happiness Matter?

By Scott Huebner | Originally Published at The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Volume 39, Issue 2 October 2010 With the increased emphasis on measuring school success primarily through academic outcomes, some might argue that school professionals cannot afford to pay much attention to students’ well-being, [...]

Students and Their Schooling: Does Happiness Matter?2016-11-29T17:39:04-05:00
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