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Bill Would Replace Key Federal Literacy Programs
from Education Week
 Long-awaited legislation to replace three federal reading programs - Early Reading First, Reading First, and Striving Readers - was recently introduced by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D.-Wash., and would authorize $2.35 billion in funding to improve reading and writing in kindergarten to 12th grade.
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School Violence Drops With Federal Program
from U.S. News & World Report
A program called Safe Schools/Healthy Students greatly increases the safety of students, says a U.S. government report. Over three years, school districts participating in the program had a 15 percent decrease in the number of students involved in violent incidents, from 17,800 to 15,163, according to the report.
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'Convergent Education' Comes Together
from eSchool News
A new species of education is emerging that artfully aggregates up-to-the-minute instructional technology, sophisticated pedagogy, robust and standards-based educational content, and Web-based delivery that requires a computer or other personal digital device but no fixed address. Under most circumstances, convergent education certainly can amplify the impact of traditional instruction, but it is not necessarily dependent on face-to-face encounters between teacher and student.
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New Reports Challenge States to Commit to Bold Teacher Effectiveness Reforms in "Race to the Top" Applications
from The Education Trust
The Education Trust and The New Teacher Project (TNTP) released two reports challenging states to focus on bold reforms to increase teacher effectiveness in their applications for federal "Race to the Top" funding. "Fighting for Quality and Equality, Too", by The Education Trust, and "How Bold is "Bold?", by TNTP, outline strategies for ending educational inequity by building a highly effective teacher workforce.
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School Choice in America 2009: What it Means for Children's Futures
from The Heritage Foundation
In 2009, more students than ever are benefiting from school choice. Today, millions of America's students exercise public school choice, attend private schools, and are schooled at home. Policies that strengthen parental choice in education have been enacted at the state and national levels, which has led to a steady increase in the percentage of families who exercise school choice.
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Colleges Fight to Get and Keep Black Males
from New America Media
According to the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, African-Americans at colleges and universities across the nation have a 'very low' graduation rate of 44 percent. Despite the disparities in the graduation rates of Black males, there are strides being made across the country to help them get into and stay in college.
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Educators Focus on Dropout Prevention
from eSchool News
As education leaders align their programs with the goals set forth by Education Secretary Arne Duncan under the Obama administration, a major point of emphasis is turning around underperforming schools and stemming the nation's dropout rate.
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The Turnaround Dilemma: Convert or Close Down?
from Education Week
In a recent Education Week article, results of a study focused on Chicago's efforts to close down failing schools. The bottom line, according to this study, was that the students who were displaced by the closings just ended up at other low-performing schools in the district. Their achievement, as measured by test scores, did not improve all that much, compared to that of students who continued to attend similarly low-performing schools.
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The Forgotten Lessons of Business: An Interview with Productivity Pioneer Jack Grayson
from Public School Insights
Jack Grayson has been many things in his 86 years, but he has made a lasting name for himself as one of the nation’s most outspoken champions of productivity and quality. These days, many school reformers are fond of reciting lessons they have learned from business. But Grayson says such reformers are missing the biggest lesson of all: Focus on process!
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