Educational Issues


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What are Best Indicators of Excellent Teaching?

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Just what makes one teacher superior over another? The Gates Foundation is funding research to find the answer to this question. more...

Children Feel Parents' Stress Over Finances

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The American Psychological Association gives an annual survey. Find out if stress is going up or down this year. more...

Fast-Track Diplomas to Cut Dropout Rate

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While other states are increasing graduation requirements and frustrating already discouraged high school students, Des Moines decided to condense them. more...

Teacher Quality vs. Teaching Programs

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Arne Duncan, President Obama's appointed Secretary of Education, states that colleges are not in touch with what schools need today. They need an overhaul and soon. more...

Can Catholic Schools Survive?

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In the last decade, one out of five Catholic schools closed their doors. Who gets hurt the most when a neighborhood parochial school closes? more...

Math Scores in U.S. Hit a Plateau

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NAEP, known as the Nation's Report Card, delivers the bad news that math in the U.S. has hit a wall. more...

Officials Scrutinize Race to the Top

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The Board on Testing and Assessment tells Arne Duncan that assessment criteria are not acceptable. Multiple choice tests are not the best assessment tools. more...

Schools Fail the Poor

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Students in better neighborhoods get more money per pupil than students living in poverty pockets or remote areas. Funding per student is not equal. more...

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