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PROOF POINTS: Stanford’s Jo Boaler talks about her new book ‘MATH-ish’ and takes on her critics

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On the international Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) , American 15-year-olds rank toward the bottom of economically advanced nations in math achievement. The first draft discouraged tracking children into separate math classes by achievement levels, and proposed delaying algebra until high school.

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70 years later, schools — and moms — are still fighting segregation

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Credit: Stella Kalina for The 19th With 133,560 residents, Pasadena has one of the densest concentrations of private schools in the country , according to school officials. But the moms in the community who support public schools have organized to create a more equitable and diverse educational landscape.

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OPINION: What if everything we believe about education is a lie?

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The right’s blind faith insists that “if we have school choice in the form of charter schools and private school vouchers … competitive pressures will force the schools and teachers to teach better, and to churn out students who are excelling academically.”. Hirsch, Jr.

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Rival studies shed light on the merits of a Montessori education

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Montessori schools have many loyal devotees and they’re certainly rising in popularity among American parents. But are they any better than traditional schools, or other progressive teaching philosophies? Some of the students who attended the public Montessori schools had family incomes as high as $200,000 a year.

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Isn’t desegregation a measure of educational quality?

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New Orleans, which at 25 percent has the highest percentage of students attending private schools , mimics national trends. Meanwhile, most white students attend selective schools that administer tests that students must pass to be enrolled. Schools should get the resources they need to be successful with any population.

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Why a high-performing district is changing everything with competency-based learning

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At no point in recent memory has Melrose Public Schools been failing. But the outgoing superintendent, Cyndy Taymore, is four years into an effort to fundamentally rethink traditional schooling here. Competency-based education demands a shift away from traditional teaching, testing and grading.

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What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge?

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Jones came to Starkville High in 2015 from East Oktibbeha County High School. Throughout Mississippi, where there are still 43 open desegregation orders, the process of integrating schools traditionally pitted the courts and the DOJ against school districts. This economic divide was mirrored in the school system.