Parental Involvement Seen as Key to ELL Achievement – Learning the Language –...
From guest blogger Alyssa Morones Written by William Mathis, managing director of the NEPC, the brief argues that non-English-speaking populations are frequently denied equal educational opportunities....
View ArticleEnglish-Learner Achievement Mixed in Big City School Systems – Learning the...
The experiences of English-language learners in some of the nation’s largest school systems vary widely when it comes to who teaches them, what types of language instruction programs are available to...
View ArticleTeachers facing achievement gap try cross-race connections | Minnesota Public...
The St. Mary’s program is part of an effort among some teachers to make their classes more culturally relevant to their students. It requires the teachers — most of whom are white women — to find new...
View ArticleUTLaw Magazine | Law School to host conference on “Law and the Achievement...
On Friday, April 5, 2013, the Law School’s William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law and the Texas Journal for Civil Liberties and Civil Rights will present an all-day conference entitled...
View ArticleGUEST POST: Michigan’s Education Achievement Authority Follows a Fast-Food...
The following op-ed was written by Chris Hansen, a teacher in Lansing. He is writing about an educational experiment in Michigan called the Education Achievement Authority (EAA.) The EAA started in the...
View ArticleHarding University faculty receive awards for teacher achievement | Arkansas’...
Eight Harding University faculty members received Teacher Achievement Awards during the annual faculty and staff recognition dinner on campus April 19. Faculty members Scott Carrell, Wendy Ellis,...
View ArticleEvent! Apps that Close the Gap: Using Technology to Accelerate Achievement
Learn more about an exciting event this Saturday that will be held all day here at Teachers College (in Cowin)! Mabel, our newest team member plans to attend and blog about the event! If you want to...
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Michigan’s Education Achievement Authority Lights the Way Toward Abolishing...
Anyway, that’s the short version. For the full length version you can go here to the story as it was reported in the Detroit News. Here’s the part I find particularly interesting: Education...
View ArticleBruce E. Whitacre: Hartford Performs: Measuring Student Achievement Through...
Once in a while you come across a story that seems too good to be true. I was having drinks with my old friend, Mike Stotts, Managing Director of Hartford Stage, which is one of the 19 theatres the...
View ArticleNew pre-K teaching method could close achievement gap | News | Vanderbilt...
New pre-K teaching method could close achievement gap Language intervention levels playing field for English language learners A new approach to teaching pre-kindergarten could take a bite out of the...
View ArticleTaking a Look at Music Education and the Achievement Gap
July 18, 2013 by Nina Kraus, Ph.D., Northwestern University Nina Kraus. Photo courtesy of Dr. Kraus. Music has a profound effect on the human brain. Listening to music can bring about a deep emotional...
View ArticleStates Backslide in Achievement for English-Learners, Report Finds – Learning...
Just nine states met all of their federal goals for English-language learners in making progress in learning the language and reaching academic targets in math and reading in the two school years...
View ArticleTexas A&M Closing the Educational Achievement Gap For English Language Learners
October 11, 2013 Texas A&M Closing the Educational Achievement Gap For English Language Learners Closing the educational achievement gap for children who are learning English as a second language...
View ArticlePitika Ntuli Receives 2013 Arts and Culture Trust Lifetime Achievement Award...
“Art is language that allows me to express disagreeable ideas agreeably,” Ntuli said upon receiving the award. Ntuli is known for his sculptures, which are exhibited worldwide. Most recently he erected...
View ArticleSchools Matter: Ending the Achievement Gap With Music Education
Psychology Today Magazine advertises on the Huffington Post. In a recent article, PT reportson how important music education can be for brain development, as well as cognitive and emotional growth for...
View ArticleSupporting English-Learner Achievement: What States Can Do – Learning the...
English-language learners are in every state, most school districts, and many classrooms. At 10 percent of the nation’s public school population and growing, education policymakers in every state need...
View ArticleArts Education Opportunities, Achievement Gaps Remain, Survey Finds
Middle school students today have roughly the same access to music and visual arts education as they did more than 10 years ago, according to a new national survey. How much they know about each art...
View ArticleAcademic English and Achievement | Three Rivers Education Foundation
Comparative Study of Teachers’ Academic English Use and Students’ Academic Achievement Rates The Three Rivers Education Foundation is seeking funding to research the relationship between teachers’...
View ArticleIntroducing the Inaugural HFAF Illumination Award for Achievement in Arts...
The worthy inaugural recipient will be art historian/scholar/lecturer David Brauer whose 36-year career teaching art history at the MFAH Museum School, now the Glassell School of Art, began in 1976,...
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Summer Spotlight: Closing the Achievement Gap | Harvard Graduate School of...
One of PPE’s programs this summer is Closing the Achievement Gap: Strategies for Excellence with Equity — being held on campus June 29 – July 3. The goal of the program is to help educators learn how...
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