Tag: Achievement Gap
July 27, 2012
July 27th, 2012
Local News The News Journal Students plug brain drain This summer 12 students at Thomas Edison Charter School in Wilmington to spend afternoons polishing their skills as part of a summer enrichment program. Before they get to play chess on these summer afternoons, the younger students at Thomas Edison spend time making books while older students...VIEW ARTICLE
Delaware Schools Beating the Odds
July 24th, 2012
Last week, the state released the full results of the 2011-12 DCAS. As we’ve already noted, there is much to celebrate in the results, and public educators across the state should be proud of the progress they and their students made this year. Not only did the state meet its proficiency targets among every subgroup, but many schools also...VIEW ARTICLE
Students Want More Rigor
July 19th, 2012
Last week the Center for American Progress released a report with an interesting finding: students say their classwork is too easy. The researchers reviewed student responses to the survey that accompanies NAEP (a national assessment known as "the nation's report card"). Yet, the researchers found that less than 40% of students in 2011 were...VIEW ARTICLE
July 10, 2012
July 10th, 2012
National News The New York Times The opportunity gap An op-ed by David Brooks Equal opportunity, once core to the nation’s identity, is now a tertiary concern. According to a study by Harvard’s Robert Putnam, a generation ago, working-class parents spent slightly more time with their kids than college-educated parents. Now college-educated...VIEW ARTICLE