Michelle Obama Wants More Students to Continue Their Education Beyond High School

Newsweek - Michele Richinick "First lady Michelle Obama on Monday [...]

October 19th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, High School, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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California producing more bilingual high school graduates

Ventura County Star - Staff Writer "More students are graduating [...]

October 15th, 2015|Categories: Bilingual, biliteracy, California, Global Economy, Graduates, High School, Multiculturalism, Multilingual, Skills|Tags: Education, School|

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No, the Sky is Not Falling: Interpreting the Latest SAT Scores

Education Next - Tom Loveless "Earlier this month, the College [...]

October 5th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, High School, Learning, News, SAT, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Want high schoolers to succeed? Stop giving them fifth-grade schedules

The Hechinger Report - Nick Stoneman "High school students ought [...]

October 4th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, High School, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Why we should all be learning languages

The Scotsman - Emma O'Neill "...is there any actual benefit [...]

September 30th, 2015|Categories: Cultural Tolerance, Foreign Language, Global, Global Economy, Global Workforce, Globalized World, High School, Jobs, Scotland, Second Language, Skills|Tags: Education, School|

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4 things innovative districts do to improve graduation rates

E-School News - Melissa Gedney "As the skills expected of [...]

September 22nd, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Grades, Graduates, High School, Learning, School, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Steve Jobs’ Widow Pumping Millions Into High School Education

Time - John Kell "Laurene Powell Jobs has bolstered her [...]

September 21st, 2015|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, High School, Learning, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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More Girls Than Boys in D.C.’s Top High Schools

Education Next - Michael J. Petrilli "One of the biggest [...]

September 15th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Boys, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Girls, High School, Learning, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Washington, D.C.|Tags: Education, schools|

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Is 7 a.m. too early for high school to start?

The Mercury News - Sharon Noguchi "With the start of [...]

September 8th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, High School, Learning, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Teacher, Teens, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Access Denied: Algebra in Eighth Grade and Egalitarianism

Education News - Barry Garelick "The San Francisco Unified School [...]

September 6th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Algebra, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, High School, Learning, San Francisco, School, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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