News tagged with academic achievement gap
Poverty-related stress affects readiness for school
Stress in the lives of poor children is one cause of the early achievement gap in which children from low-income homes start school behind their more advantaged classmates.
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Oct 26, 2011 |
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Bilingual school counselors help narrow achievement gap
he fastest growing group of students in America's K-12 schools are Latino. Evidence-based programs addressing the unique language and cultural needs of that population are successful in narrowing the traditional achievement ...
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Aug 02, 2011 |
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New research shows Transcendental Meditation improves standardized academic achievement
The Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective approach to improve math and English academic achievement in low-performing students, according to a new study published in the journal Education.
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Mar 21, 2011 |
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Social costs of achievement vary by race/ethnicity, school features
Doing well in school and feeling accepted by your peers are both important challenges during adolescence. Sometimes these don't fit well together, as when teens are ostracized for being smart. A new study has found that such ...
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Study finds students in standalone middle schools lag behind K-8 peers
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study that analyzes a decade of achievement data from New York City public schools reveals that the trajectories of math and English performance among students at standalone middle schools ...
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Sep 03, 2010 |
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Ability grouping in elementary school hampers minority students' literacy
African-American and Hispanic students placed in ability groups for reading instruction learned less compared to demographically similar minority students who weren't grouped by ability, a new study by a University ...
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Apr 21, 2009 |
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Middle-school math classes are key to closing racial academic achievement gap
More challenging middle-school math classes and increased access to advanced courses in predominantly black urban high schools may be the key to closing the racial academic achievement gap, according to a University of Illinois ...
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Apr 20, 2009 |
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