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Poverty Puts Struggling Readers in Double Jeopardy
When does a student transition from learning to read to reading to learn? Experts agree that third grade is the turning point. What’s troubling is that two-thirds of our country’s third graders aren’t...
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The "Silent Crisis" of the Latino Dropout Rate
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, almost 20 percent of Latino males dropped out of high school in 2008, the highest among any demographic in the country. The long-term...
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A record number of students graduated high school in the 2010-2011 school year – the highest estimated rate of graduation in the history of the department’s records — according to a recent US...
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Educator-Led Program Helps At-Risk Students Get to Graduation Day
By Cindy Long For anyone who still needs proof that giving teachers a voice raises student achievement, March Mountain Continuation High School is an excellent case study. In one year, the California...
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Some of the Surprising Reasons Why Students Drop Out of School
“Why We Drop Out”: Understanding and Disrupting Student Pathways to Leaving School by Deborah L. Feldman, Antony T. Smith, and Barbara L. Waxman, recounts the compelling stories of kids who explain...
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