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Research: The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Learning

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What The Research Says About The Effect Of Socioeconomic Status In High School And College Baker and Johnston (2010) conducted a study of middle school-aged students with the purpose of examining the impact SES has on performance during standardized testing. Their study involved 14,049 students across fifty-one middle schools.

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OPINION: Why school ratings can backfire

The Hechinger Report

News & World Report released its first-ever rankings of public elementary and middle schools in the United States. Schools in the bottom quarter of all schools in a given jurisdiction were not ranked, but simply identified as being in the bottom quarter. Is there a better way to rank schools? Related: Do U.S.

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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

The Hechinger Report

The district allows student to attend schools outside of their attendance zones as long as space is available, which means students can opt to continue to follow their chosen career pathway at a middle school with corresponding programs. Next fall, the school district will open a $12.7 Whittenberg.

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What happens when teachers run the school

The Hechinger Report

Today, Education Evolving identifies roughly 300 schools that follow the teacher-powered model. “In In general, teachers don’t have the kind of voice that other professionals typically do,” said Richard Ingersoll, a professor of education and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. We all put in countless extra hours.

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Nearly all the seniors at this charter school went to college. Only 6 out of 52 finished on time

The Hechinger Report

His was a brash mission shared by a new breed of charter school leaders who said they could succeed where traditional neighborhood schools had failed. Williams was just 14 when Marcovitz told her she could be part of something historic at Sci Academy, the charter high school he was opening on the east end of town.

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From inner space to outer space, schools try new ways to help students explore

The Hechinger Report

Inside the grand, art deco-influenced building, students study rhetoric and sociology, Antigone and anthropology. The virtual tour followed a more traditional introduction to human anatomy, but she said reading about the body wasn’t as helpful because books only offer explanations. “In Classes run from 9 a.m.

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Deadlines, endless forms, constant college prep pressure: Is the finish line in sight?

The Hechinger Report

Demand will likely grow because the supply will not: Voters in Massachusetts overwhelming rejected a ballot question last month to expand charter schools (62 percent rejected it; 38 percent supported it). Goals: To get into a school I am excited about and have the financial support to actually attend; to study sociology.

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