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Apply Today for the Asa Hilliard III Road Scholar Award: Deadline September 30th!!
The world leader in lifelong learning is pleased to honor the memory of Dr. Asa Grant Hilliard III, who lived the values we espouse - as a lifelong learner and a strong proponent of learning and travel. Applications are due September 30 and will be reviewed by a panel of prominent leaders including a member of the Hilliard family, as well as a representative from NABSE; the winner will receive $5,000 toward a Road Scholar program.
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NABSE, Teachscape and Marygrove College are working together in an unprecedented fashion to bring four online master's degree programs to NABSE members. Designed to meet the needs of Urban Educators, these programs are dedicated to expanding our mission of "Education as a Civil Right". Discounts and specials exclusively for NABSE members! To learn more about the online master's degree call toll-free 1-877-984-7277 or
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Duncan: NCLB Overhaul Needs To Begin Now
from The Journal
The No Child Left Behind Act has not only failed to improve student outcomes, it's actually contributing to a decline in academic standards in the United States, according to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who issued a call for the immediate overhaul of NCLB. In making his appeal to educators and lawmakers to take immediate action on reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Duncan said the effect of NCLB has been to turn education leaders into liars by making it appear that students are improving academically when, in fact, they are worse off than when the 2002 reauthorization went into effect under President George W. Bush.
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No Child Left Behind: The Good And The Bad
from Parenting
Welcome to the world of No Child Left Behind, circa 2009. Seven and a half years after former President George W. Bush signed the biggest quality-control effort in American education into law, NCLB has proven itself to be a classic case of good idea, bad execution. It's a noble effort that ended up degrading teachers' morale and putting so much frantic focus on testing that real education got left behind.
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Graduating with Promise
from Campus Progress
Only about 70 percent of our students are graduating high school on time -- and it's closer to 50 percent for African Americans, Hispanics, and low-income students. These high school drop out rates cost the United States billions of dollars in economic productivity and greatly limit young peoples' opportunities to develop fulfilling lives in their jobs, families, and communities. Nine senators introduced the Graduation Promise Act, a bill designed to ensure that every student graduates from high school prepared for postsecondary study or work.
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New Resources Focus on the Effective Use of Technology in Title I Programs
from The Journal
Two national education organizations, the State Educational Technology Directors Association and the National Association for State Title I Directors, will soon launch three new co-developed resources designed to help education leaders with their Title I programs, especially in terms of using technology to help improve outcomes for Title I populations.
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Measuring the Performance of Turnaround Schools
from Public School Insights
Education Secretary Arne Duncan has announced an ambitious goal: To turn around the nation's lowest-performing schools. The Learning First Alliance applauds that goal. Recently the Alliance released a set of principles for tracking the progress of the nation’s school turnaround efforts. Principles for Measuring the Performance of Turnaround Schools outlines how education agencies and communities can determine whether those efforts are leading to both swift improvement and sustained change in persistently struggling schools.
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Are White Teachers Harming the Education of Black Students?
from St. Louis Today
It has been 55 years since the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision but the percentage of black students graduating from high school has not improved, according to information that has promoted discussion sponsored by the YWCA Metro St. Louis. At the crux of the discussion is this question: Is it possible that white teachers are harming black students' potential for success?
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Data System Would Help Schools Focus on Success
from The Houston Chronicle
As Texas aims to improve student performance and graduation rates, and qualify for funding available through President Obama's Race to the Top Fund, it is increasingly looking for ways to harness student data to make important decisions. A statewide system for standardizing education data across Texas is supported because the use of this information goes far beyond accountability.
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"A Place for Everyone": One Principal Tells About His Remarkable School
from Public School Insights
Frankford Elementary School in Frankford, Delaware, has garnered national attention for bringing almost all of its overwhelmingly low-income student body to grade-level proficiency in reading, mathematics, science and social studies. In fact, Frankford far exceeds state averages for students reaching proficiency. Frankford principal Duncan Smith, describes what has been working in his remarkable school.
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Peering at the Future
from The New York Times
American kids drop out of high school at an average of one every 26 seconds. Only about a third of those who graduate are prepared to move on to a four-year college. And in the savage economic downturn that has gripped the U.S. for the better part of the past two years, retrenchment in public schools and colleges is widespread. Taking the fight to the classroom, Bill and Melinda Gates make visits to schools in North Carolina, as they continue to emphasize the need for true transformation in the way American youngsters are educated.
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