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U.S. School Children Losing More Ground to Other Nations...
U.S. fourth-graders have lost ground in reading ability compared with kids around the world, according to results of a global reading test. Test results released on Wednesday showed U.S. students … more »
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Wake County graduation rates drop slightly
pterrell wrote 4 days ago: NEWS&OBSERVER Click on the link and see a story about Wake County’s drop out rate f … more »
Pennsylvania gets high marks for high grad rates...
Ryan wrote 1 month ago: Yet again the Pennsylvania public education system proves itself to be superior to its counterparts … more »
Resource Center wrote 1 month ago: State Graduation Rates 2008 Dear Educator: It’s here! The Diplomas Count 2008: School to College h … more »
+ Graduation? Online Options for Making Up Credit
Adrienne Edwards wrote 2 months ago: other topics: click a “category” or use search box Some high schools are turning to onli … more »
Minnesota Schools Consider Raising Drop-Out Age From 16 to 18
mindmasseuse wrote 2 months ago: According to this article, Minnesota schools may see a bump up in the drop-out age from 16 to 18. … more »
Give Credit Where Credit is Due
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lindsayk wrote 3 months ago: New York City principals are letting students make up classes they failed in efforts to boost gradua … more »
Can you be left behind...
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Jason Adams wrote 3 months ago: …if you don’t even come to the station? Via Sarah Wood at Swivel: high school graduatio … more »
Graduation Rates <50% in Largest U.S. Cities
Amy Strecker wrote 3 months ago: Another statistical call to action came from America’s Promise Alliance Tuesday when they iss … more »
U.S. High Schools Graduate "About Half" in Cities
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johnibii wrote 3 months ago: By KEN THOMAS, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Seventeen of the nation’s 50 largest c … more »
Ethics & Graduation Rates
lindsayk wrote 4 months ago: One of the classes I took last semester was Values and Ethics Management. We studied ethical issues … more »
The Final Four Based on Graduation Rates
mercyman53 wrote 4 months ago: We have embarked upon the annual ritual of “March madness”. For the next three weeks, people t … more »
'Avoidable Losses'
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nclbchange wrote 5 months ago: There are unintended consequences of education reform efforts, and then there are “avoidable l … more »
U.S. School Children Losing More Ground to Other Nations...
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Matt P. wrote 8 months ago: U.S. fourth-graders have lost ground in reading ability compared with kids around the world, acco … more »
Black Student Athletes Outperform Black Students Overall
twilightandreason wrote 8 months ago: It seems that hard work on the playing field does translate into hard work in the classroom. The cur … more »
A Faulty Explanation for the Gender Gap in Black Educational Attainment
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twilightandreason wrote 8 months ago: Allow me to share with you this excerpt from a recent article in Diverse Issues in Higher Education … more »
Good News on the Enrollment Front
twilightandreason wrote 9 months ago: The Journal of Black in Higher Education (JBHE) has recently reported that the most current sta … more »
Maryland Responds
rtmsf wrote 9 months ago: With respect to yesterday’s story about Gary Williams’ 0% graduation rate, Maryland has … more »
Gary Williams Hates Graduation
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rtmsf wrote 9 months ago: Yesterday the NCAA released its latest graduation rate figures for all D1 athletes who entered schoo … more »
Conference Held to Address Dropouts in Texas, Houston
edreader wrote 10 months ago: The Children at Risk conference brought together 275 advocates to address dropout and school enagege … more »
