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Report: School achievement gaps show need for ‘No Child’ overhaul

Jul 7, 2015, 10:46 AM 0

By Soyenixe Lopez Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Schools across the country have made “remarkable progress” toward closing achievement gaps between different groups of students, but “troubling achievement gaps” remain for the lowest-performing schools, administration officials said Monday. A state-by-state…

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Guest Voz: Reforming education leads to narrowing disparities and achievement gap

Jan 28, 2014, 12:08 PM 0

By Yvette Donado LatinaLista (Editor’s note: The following is the opening address by Yvette Donado, chief administrative officer and senior vice president of nonprofit Educational Testing Service (ETS), at the National Urban Fellows 45th anniversary conference.) …Leadership for a…

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Leveling the Playing Field — Closing the digital divide key to overcoming achievement gap

Sep 16, 2013, 11:03 AM 0

By Tina Walker Language magazine President Obama’s ConnectED Initiative calls for 99% of America’s students to be connected to the internet through high-speed broadband and high-speed wireless within five years, and this fall, an increasing number of students are…

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Closing the Vocabulary Gap

Jun 13, 2013, 10:43 AM 0

By Alex Rappaport Language Magazine Alex Rappaport argues that word acquisition may be the easiest way to close the achievement gap One promise of public education is to level the playing field across the socioeconomic and ethnic spectrum. Unfortunately,…

Local News, Midwest

Jesse Ruiz, vice president of Chicago Board of Education, talks issues ranging from Latino achievement gap to longer school days

Aug 27, 2012, 12:06 PM 0

By Christina Elizabeth Rodriguez Extra News EXTRA had the opportunity to talk to Jesse Ruiz, vice president of the Chicago Board of Education about issues that have been in Chicago’s limelight recently. Via a phone conversation, Ruiz discussed longer…

Local News, Northeast

Millions awarded throughout Massachusetts to implement school turnaround strategies

Jul 3, 2012, 10:45 AM 0

Rumbo LAWRENCE, MA — The Patrick-Murray Administration and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced that 9 schools in Brockton, Lawrence, Lynn, Salem, Springfield and Worcester will receive $13.7 million in federal funding to support new school redesign…