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Keeping Special Ed in Proportion Experts say improvements in school instructional cultures can keep some struggling minority kids out of special education. http://www.edweek.org/tsb/article...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 12 Oct 11 no follow-up yet

I agree ~ and the lessons and sharp reminders in the article are not just for K-12

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 25 Feb 12 2 follow-ups, last by Vanessa Vaile on 26 Feb 12

Over thirty years of investment in improving science education, and this is where we are. If you do the same thing over and over, why do you expect a different result? It's time for real change.

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 11 May 12 1 follow-up, last by Harry Keller on 12 May 12

Black, Latino Students Perform at Levels of 30 Years Ago http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/23/black-latino-students-per_n_1224790.html Teresa Wiltz First Posted: 01/23/2012 4:44 pm U...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 24 Jan 12 no follow-up yet

Adoption Gap Remains Along Demographic Lines; Socio-Economic Status Does Not Explain the Entire Gap WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Commerce's Economics and S...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 10 Nov 11 no follow-up yet

By Valerie Strauss This was written by John Jackson, president of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, and Pedro Noguera, the Peter L. Agnew professor of education at New York University. ...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 17 May 12 no follow-up yet

The 2012 Brown Center Report on American Education View online: http://www.brookings.edu/newsletters/browncenter/2012/0216.aspx ► Brookings.edu February 16, 2012 Brown Center on Education Poli...

Achievement Gaps NAEP Common Core

started by Bonnie Sutton on 16 Feb 12 no follow-up yet

There are great videos on the site of the McArthur Foundation.

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 19 Jun 11 1 follow-up, last by Bonnie Sutton on 19 Jun 11

The True Cost of High School Dropouts By HENRY M. LEVIN and CECILIA E. ROUSE Published: January 25, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/opinion/the-true-cost-of-high-school-dropouts.html ...

started by Bonnie Sutton on 31 Jan 12 no follow-up yet

December 3, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/opinion/sunday/internet-access-and-the-new-divide.html The New Digital Divide By SUSAN P. CRAWFORD FOR the second year in a row, the Monday...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 04 Dec 11 no follow-up yet

Mobile Multiplier or Mobile Divider? http://bigthink.com/ideas/41809 Dominic Basulto on January 4, 2012, 9:28 PM inShare12 Mobile_divide_mobile_multiplier The rapid proliferation of mobil...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 07 Jan 12 no follow-up yet

Mobile Multiplier or Mobile Divider? http://bigthink.com/ideas/41809 Dominic Basulto on January 4, 2012, 9:28 PM inShare12 Mobile_divide_mobile_multiplier The rapid proliferation of mobile...

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