New Student-Poverty Measures Proposed for National Tests

Education Week - Sarah D. Sparks "Aiming to get a [...]

December 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Admissions, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Culture, Current Events, Education, Elementary School, K-12, Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, News, Parenting, Poverty, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Arts Education Seen as Common-Core Partner

Education Week - Erik W. Robelen "As educators nationwide seek [...]

December 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Arts, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, English, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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In California, Parents Trigger Change At Failing School

NPR - Claudio Sanchez "Parents in one small California community [...]

December 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, California, Charter School, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, News, Parenting, Public School, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Why A Principal Created His Own Currency

NPR - David Kestenbaum "Rux decided he needed to create [...]

December 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Admissions, Attendance, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, Middle School, Minority, New York, News, Poverty, Principal, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Wisconsin County Makes Cyberbullying a Crime

Education News - Julia Lawrence "Cyberbullying isn’t just wrong in [...]

December 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bullying, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Wisconsin|Tags: Education, School|

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Expanding young students’ role in nutrition

The L.A. Times - Teresa Watanabe "L.A. Unified seeks to [...]

December 15th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Elementary School, Health, Learning, News, Nutrition, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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School sport at risk, says Labour

BBC - Judith Burns "Labour says the government has risked [...]

December 15th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Budget, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, England, Exercise, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Physical Education, Teacher, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Kenya: Free Education Fails to Keep One Million Children in School

All Africa - Kennedy Lesiew "“OVER a million children are [...]

December 15th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Africa, Attendance, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Culture, Current Events, Education, Incentives, Income, Kenya, Learning, News, Parenting, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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How to talk to your children about a school shooting

Reuters - Sharon Begley and Julie Steenhuysen "“When parents ask [...]

December 15th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Behavior, Brain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Connecticut, Culture, Current Events, Education, Elementary School, Learning, News, Parenting, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Pioneering school shows the way forward

China Daily - David Bartram "Despite being located in one [...]

December 14th, 2012|Categories: China, Chinese, Culture, Low Income, Mandarin, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, School|

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