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School Leadership in the Common Core Era

A Principal's Reflections

In our attempt to identify these youngsters, we hope to better serve them through our advocacy for a school-wide framework to support their learning needs. Why we have chosen to title this work Beyond Core Expectations is twofold. First, we offer a much-needed framework for the education of diverse learners. & Honigsfeld, A.

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Revisiting the Legacy of San Francisco’s Detracking Experiment

ED Surge

In 2014, the district pushed algebra to ninth grade from eighth grade, in an attempt to eliminate the tracking, or grouping, of students into lower and upper math paths. Even years later, San Francisco Unified School District casts a shadow over attempts to quash long-standing disparities in math.

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PROOF POINTS: New poll points to college and career benefits of Greek life despite criticism

The Hechinger Report

A new Gallup poll, commissioned by two advocacy organizations, finds that fraternity and sorority members were more likely to say they formed relationships with mentors and professors, were extremely active in extracurricular activities and worked in internships where they could apply what they were learning in their college classes.

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Eligible but got nothing: Hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities blocked from college aid

The Hechinger Report

More than 800,000 people with disabilities found eligible for services received no assistance between 2010 and 2014, according to federal data. He lives in the Bronx, and in the fall of 2014, he was brimming with hope. Cathy Steffke, an advocacy specialist at Disability Rights Wisconsin. Photo: Meredith Kolodner.

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Saint Leo University plans the nation’s first veteran studies bachelor’s degree program

The Hechinger Report

Will Hubbard, the interim chief policy officer at the advocacy group Veterans Education Success, said a veteran is different from someone actively serving, but it’s impossible to decouple the two. He said he believes Missouri’s program, first offered in 2014, was among the first in the country.

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Before assigning homework, ensure that students have a home

The Hechinger Report

But since it wasn’t our house, they could use the bathroom first,” Kimberly, 12, told the child advocacy organization Children’s Defense Fund for their The State of America’s Children 2014 report. In 2014-15, the rate of homelessness among U.S. Sometimes we had to go to school late, because we had to wait for the bathroom.

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How well does your state support children with dyslexia?

The Hechinger Report

The flurry of new state laws over the past five years is in large part the result of pressure from Decoding Dyslexia, a parent advocacy group with chapters in all 50 states. “Intensive advocacy falls on parents who have nothing to lose but the promising future a good education ensures our children,” said Cooper.

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