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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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Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom
Kelly Scott 12.19.2001
NationalBlog
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Standard & Poor's adds value in Michigan
12.19.2001
NationalBlog
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Earliest charter schools unearthed in New Hampshire (circa 1781)
12.19.2001
NationalBlog
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Civic Education: Readying Massachusetts' Next Generation of Citizens
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 12.12.2001
NationalBlog
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Why the new ESEA testing requirement will fuel school finance litigation
12.12.2001
NationalBlog
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Troubling lessons in Palestinian textbooks
12.12.2001
NationalBlog
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Enron's collapse and school accountability
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 12.12.2001
NationalBlog
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Research-based practices less popular than social engineering in some fields
12.12.2001
NationalBlog
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The Global Education Industry: Lessons from Private Education in Developing Countries
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 12.12.2001
NationalBlog
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The story behind puzzling dropout figures
12.12.2001
NationalBlog
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Generation gap among teachers argues for flexibility in the profession
12.12.2001
NationalBlog
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Rhetoric versus Reality: What We Know and What We Need to Know About Vouchers and Charter Schools
Terry Ryan 12.12.2001
NationalBlog