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Morning Announcements: August 31, 2010
Education Week takes a look at states’ progress in complying with No Child Left Behind’s requirement that states report graduation rates for subgroups of students, such as English-language learners or...
View ArticleUpcoming Events on the 2009 PISA Results
As Education Week blogger Eric Robelen writes, Get Ready: PISA Is Coming! The 2009 PISA results, which show the performance of fifteen-year-olds in reading, mathematics literacy, and science, will be...
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Straight As: Summarizes Final Spending Agreement, Every Student Counts Act,...
Here's a quick summary of the articles in the April 5 issue of Straight A's, the Alliance's biweekly newsletter. Click on a title below to access the complete article or download a printer-friendly...
View ArticlePlanting Cut Flowers or: U.S. History: American Students' Worst Subject
"Trying to plan for the future without a sense of the past is like trying to plant cut flowers." Those were the words of former Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin, as relayed by historian and author...
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Afternoon Announcements: July 28, 2011
News outlets all over the nation are talking about states bracing for plummeting high school graduation rates as districts nationwide dump flawed measurement formulas that often undercounted dropouts...
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Afternoon Announcements: October 20, 2011
According to a new report from Pew Charitable Trusts, Philadelphia’s school closing plan probably won't raise much revenue, writes the Philadelphia Inquirer. The New York Times reports that he Learning...
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Report Round-Up: March 16, 2012
School Is Not Supposed to Hurt- Department of Education Office for Civil RightsReleased by the Office for Civil Rights, the School Is Not Supposed to Hurt discusses what the agency has learned about...
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Morning Announcements April 2, 2012
Welcome to a new work week, hopefully you’ve made it back to the office safely and happily after an abundance of April Fools embarrassments. If you’re the culprit of the pranks and still trying to...
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