As parents raise cash, schools confront big gap

The Seattle Times - Brian M. Rosenthal "Seattle schools are [...]

January 29th, 2012|Categories: Accountability, Achievement Gap, Budget, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, High School, Low Income, Middle School, Minority, Parenting, Secondary School, Washington|Tags: Education, schools|

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Proposal gets serious about raising the bar for student achievement

Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel - Alan J. Borsuk "Overall, the waiver [...]

January 29th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Children, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, Government, High School, Learning, Middle School, Secondary School, Wisconsin|Tags: Education, schools|

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SMART PARENTING: Love + discipline = success

New Strait Times - Zaid Mohamad "For children to succeed [...]

January 29th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Children, Discipline, Early Education, Education, Malaysia, Parenting|Tags: Education, schools|

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Summers Says Developing Nations Should Educate Girls

Bloomberg Businessweek - Sandrine Rastello and Tom Keene "Developing countries [...]

January 29th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Achievement Gap, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Gender, Government, Learning, Secondary School, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Raise your own kids – teachers

Herald Sun - Evonne Barry "A major Herald Sun survey [...]

January 29th, 2012|Categories: Australia, Behavior, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Parenting, Secondary School, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Two years and counting: the kindy kids off to a flying start

The Sydney Morning Herald - Kim Arlington "WHEN school starts [...]

January 29th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Australia, Children, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, Kindergarten, Learning, Preschool|Tags: Education, schools|

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Competitive parents ‘taking joy out of childhood’

The Telegraph - Graeme Paton "Mothers and fathers risk undermining [...]

January 29th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Admissions, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, England, Great Britain (UK), Kindergarten, Parenting, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Struggling pupils don’t catch up, data shows

The BBC News - Hannah Richardson and Katherine Sellgren "Just [...]

January 28th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Admissions, Advanced Placement, Behavior, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, England, English, Government, Great Britain (UK), Math, Secondary School, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Figures show continuing disparity between rural and city schools

The Telegraph - Catherine Cusack "It's even harsher for country [...]

January 28th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Australia, Children, Creativity, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Government, Learning, Low Income, Secondary School|Tags: Education, schools|

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Urban Teacher Gives Up Life in Nation to Start Afresh in Angola

All Africa - Celine Schmitt "Pedro is the kind of [...]

January 28th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Achievement Gap, Africa, Angola, Children, Dem. Rep. of Congo, Early Education, Education, Learning, Low Income, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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