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The complicated interplay between race, poverty, and schooling
Fordham’s new study by Paul L. Morgan and Eric Hengyu Hu, "Explaining Achievement Gaps: The Role of Socioeconomic Factors," raises as many questions as it answers. Among them: How can we explain the different patterns for the Black-White achievement gap for reading, on the one hand, and math and science, on the other? Why does SES explain so much more of the Hispanic-White gap than the Black-White gap? And what’s the role of family structure in explaining the Black-White and Hispanic-White gaps?
Michael J. Petrilli 8.22.2024
NationalFlypaper
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A school that helps learning disabled kids soar
10.2.2002
NationalBlog
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They Have Overcome: High Poverty, High Performing Schools in California
Allison Cole 10.2.2002
NationalBlog
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More seek disability label to gain extra time on SAT
10.2.2002
NationalBlog
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The Future of School Facilities
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 10.2.2002
NationalBlog
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Inequality at the Starting Gate: Social Background Differences in Achievement as Children Begin School
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 10.2.2002
NationalBlog
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Teaching as a Clinical Profession: A New Challenge for Education
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 10.2.2002
NationalBlog
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Michael Jordan 10.2.2002
NationalBlog
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States try to ignore supplemental services provisions of No Child Left Behind
10.2.2002
NationalBlog
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When charities run charter schools
10.2.2002
NationalBlog
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What Do Teachers Teach? A Survey of America's Fourth and Eighth Grade Teachers
Kelly Scott 10.2.2002
NationalBlog
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Is the principal the key to a school's success?
10.2.2002
NationalBlog
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Study of NBPTS certification also scrutinized by a panel of experts
9.25.2002
NationalBlog