Column: Inspiring models of community engagement in Greater Minnesota
\n(Daily Globe © 02/03/2012)
ST. PAUL ? In the lakes-and-woods landscape surrounding Grand Rapids in north central Minnesota, a wide array of community leaders have banded together with seven school districts in several counties to chart a comprehensive road ma");
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Marjorie Hass: A college ?reset? with young men in mind
\n(Dallas Morning News © 02/03/2012) (Registration Required)\n
A recent Dallas M");
document.write("orning News article revealed a growing gender gap in higher education. Women enroll in greater numbers, and, as writer Holly Hacker noted, ?In Texas, 52 percent of the men who enroll in public institutions graduate within six years vs. 62 percent of women.?\r\n\r\nAlthough higher education was once a largely male preserve, women flourished once overt barriers were removed. In contrast...\n
Let's nip that student achievement gap in the bud
\n(Minneapolis Star Tribune © 02/03/2012)
A recent readiness-for-kindergarten study revealed that almost half of all children who started kindergarten last year "were not ready." Obviously, "half" applies to some school districts and not to others.\n\n\nBut it's a finding that illustrates the importance of work being done by those developing more and better preschooling.\n\n\nIt could be equally important to consider maturat...\n
How College-Bound Students of Color Should Prepare for Life in a Predominantly White Campus
\n(Edutopia © 02/02/2012)
Dr. Danielle Moss Lee (@HEAFNYC on Twitter) is President and CEO at Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF). With a background in administration and non-profits, she's passionate about educational equity, college access, curriculum and youth development. Read her");
document.write(" blog at http://www.heaf.org/blog/. Let me start out by assuring readers that I'm not suggesting it takes a magical coat of arms to sur...\n
Michael Rebell: U.S. Schools Have a Poverty Crisis, Not an Education Crisis
\n(Huffington Post © 02/01/2012)
In the 10 years since enacting the No Child Left Behind Act, we have made very little");
document.write(" progress toward our national goal of closing the achievement gap between students from low-income families and their better-off peers. Implicitly acknowledging this lack of progress, President Obama announced last fall that his administration would grant states waivers that would, among other things, give them mo...\n
Education: States should do more to reach stude");
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\n(Fox News © 01/31/2012)
MIAMI – In its initial review of No Child Left Behind waiver requests, the U.S. Education Department highlighted a similar weakness in nearly every application: States did not do enough to ensure schools would be held accountable for the performance of all students.\n \n\nThe Obama administration praised the states for their high academic standards. But nearly every applicati...\n
Dispatch: Amplifying Education: Closing the Achievement Gap
\n(Huffington Post © 01/30/2012)
From the civil rights movement of the 1960s to the civil rights issue of our generation -- creating educational excellence and equity for students growing up in poverty -- it's incredible to see our youngest leaders making remarkable change in our nation. Just as young people fueled the movement for racial equality 50 years ago, young people today are taking on important");
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Irondale High School hosts town hall with Gov. Dayton, U.S. Secretary of Education, and State Education Commissioner to discuss future of education
\n(Minnesota Sun © 01/30/2012)
To highlight efforts to establish the Early College High School program, Irondale High School in New Brighton hosted a town");
document.write(" hall Jan. 20 to further discuss education's future with Gov. Mark Dayton, State Commissioner Brenda Cassellius and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.\"We have to challenge ourselves, in the education community, to work to prepare folks not for the jobs of yesterday, but ...\n
A City Education: The Domino Effect of Raising Students' Self-Esteem
In our A City Education series, two City Year corps members share their experiences working as tutors and mentors in schools in hopes of closing the achievement gap and ending the dropout crisis.\n\n Many of the students we work with at Markham Middle School are just beginning to become more aware of their actions. The students who act up in class know they are doing it. But like many kids their age...\n
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