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New Approach to the Need for Remedial Education
Educators and policymakers are beginning to focus on the question of why so many youths entering college need remedial courses in reading,...
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Washington Post Examines Gates Foundation’s Influence on Education Reform
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has helped plant the seed of national education standards and merit-based pay for teachers with nearly...
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New Database Shows Costs and Expenditures at 2,300 U.S. Colleges
A Washington-based nonprofit that aims to monitor college costs and expenditures released an online database this week that makes it easy for...
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The Worst of Times: Children in Extreme Poverty in the South and Nation
In 2008, 5.7 million children were living in extreme poverty – subsisting on half or less than what constitutes poverty in this...
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Residential Instability and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Children and Education Program: What We Know, Plus Gaps in Research
This brief summarizes a study conducted by the Urban Institute of the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) program and...
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Guide Provides Information for Helping Haitian Refugees
A new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation offers useful information for organizations dealing with Haitian families and children and those...
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Well-Known New Orleans Juvenile Judge Steps Down Amid Controversy
Judge David Bell, the former chief juvenile judge of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court in Louisiana and a prominent participant in a...
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Report: Declining College Degree Prospects For Low-Income Youths
In the coming years, low- and moderate-income youth will find it increasingly difficult to afford the cost of a college degree because...
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AfterZones: Creating a Citywide System to Support and Sustain High-Quality After-School Programs
Public/Private Ventures & The Wallace Foundation P/PV analyzes the success and impediments in implementing one of the country’s more well-known citywide...
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2010 Child and Youth Well-Being Index
Foundation for Child Development, Duke University Children under 18 comprise the largest group of Americans in poverty, and overall conditions –...
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Groups Unify to Reduce Latina Teen Pregnancy
More than 50 national organizations have taken the first steps toward a new national campaign to reduce pregnancies among Latina teens –...
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Childhood Poverty Persistence: Facts and Consequences
Low-Income Working Families Project, Urban Institute Children born into poverty whose families continue to be poor for several years have worse...
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Summer Meals Participation Declined in 2009
Only about one in six of the children who regularly receive free or reduced-price lunch during the school year received lunch through...
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On the Streets: The Federal Response to Gay and Transgender Homeless Youth
Center for American Progress Recognizing the disproportionate number of homeless youth who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, the Center for...
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Transforming the High School Experience: How New York City’s New Small Schools Are Boosting Student Achievement and Graduation Rates
MDRC This report confirms that New York City’s small schools, introduced in 2002 after several underperforming public high schools were shut down,...
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Is It Live or Is It Internet? Experimental Estimates of the Effects of Online Instruction on Student Learning
National Bureau of Economic Research Results of a recent unprecedented experiment found that Hispanic students, male students and lower-achieving students benefit...
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Hundreds Vie for Promise Neighborhoods Planning Grants
More than 300 organizations are vying for 20 planning grants worth $500,000 each through the Obama Administration’s Promise Neighborhood initiative, data released...
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Sweeping New Child Labor Law Reforms Take Effect July 19
The most sweeping reform of U.S. laws concerning child labor in three decades will go into effect on July 19. The new...
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Summer Jobs Money Is Part of Jobless Benefits Bill Blocked in Senate
With the yet another congressional recess approaching, Congress missed another chance Thursday night to approve $1 billion in federal summer jobs program...
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Community Colleges Struggle to Maintain Open Access
Students attempting to take advantage of the community college systems across the country are quickly finding that “open access” isn’t as open...
