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No Internet Election Campaigns for NJHS Candidates in Lubbock « Moving at the... - 0 views

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shared by Troy Patterson on 15 May 11 - No Cached
  • Troy Patterson on 15 May 11
     
    Students running for offices in the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) at Evans Middle School in Lubbock, Texas, are prohibited from using Internet websites, Facebook pages, or other forms of social media to get out the word about their election candidacy.
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Poor kids who do everything right don't do better than rich kids who do everything wron... - 0 views

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shared by Troy Patterson on 19 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • America is the land of opportunity, just for some more than others.
  • it's not just a matter of dollars and cents. It's also a matter of letters and words. Affluent parents talk to their kids three more hours a week on average than poor parents, which is critical during a child's formative early years.
  • Even poor kids who do everything right don't do much better than rich kids who do everything wrong. Advantages and disadvantages, in other words, tend to perpetuate themselves.
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  • Specifically, rich high school dropouts remain in the top about as much as poor college grads stay stuck in the bottom — 14 versus 16 percent, respectively.
  • It's an extreme example of what economists call "opportunity hoarding."
  • It's not quite a heads-I-win, tails-you-lose game where rich kids get better educations, yet still get ahead even if they don't—but it's close enough.
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Introduce Word Problems to Students Sooner, Studies Say - Education Week - 1 views

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shared by Troy Patterson on 03 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • If Ms. Smith’s 8th grade algebra class works through 10 word problems in an hour, and Ms. Jones’ class works through 10 equation problems during the same time, which class is likely to learn more math concepts by the end of class?
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