All posts tagged "OST"

• Book Reviews

  College on the Cheap

  Debt-Free U By Zac BissonnettePortfolio Trade304 pages If American higher education is about to get its comeuppance, as many experts are predicting,...

• News

  For-Profit Friends and Foes Duel on the Hill

  In a politically charged Senate hearing room thick with dueling news releases and high-priced lobbyists, Sen. Tom Harkin said Thursday he will...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Lumina Grants Aim to Boost College Completion

  The Indianapolis-based Lumina Foundation for Education continues its college completion improvement strategy with $14.8 million in grants over four years, divvied into...

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  Community Schools Can Improve Rural Education

  The Rural Solution: How Community Schools Can Reinvigorate Rural Education Center for American Progress For the one in five students in the...

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  Combine Community Schools with Expanding Learning Time to Help Disadvantaged Youth

  Breaking the Mold: Combining Community Schools with Expanded Learning Time to Help Educationally Disadvantaged Students Center for American Progress   Students who...

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  Reading Programs Show Little Lasting Effect

  The Enhanced Reading Opportunities Final Report: The Impact of Supplemental Literacy Courses for Struggling Ninth-Grade Readers MDRC and American Institutes for Research...

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  Pillars of Effective Dropout Prevention Recovery

  Six Pillars of Effective Dropout Prevention Recovery Reinventing Alternative Education Jobs for the Future Most states are moving too slowly toward implementation...

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  Home Computer Technology and Student Achievement

  Scaling the Digital Divide: Home Computer Technology and Student Achievement Urban Institute This report examines the continuing disparity in at-home computer access...

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  Pathways for State-to-District Assistance in Underperforming School Districts

  Levers for Change: Pathways for State-to-District Assistance in Underperforming School Districts Center for American Progress In order to achieve better results in...

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  Education Gap Widens Wage Gap

  Education Pays: The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society College Board Advocacy and Policy Center A new report from the...

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  Characteristics of Bullying, Bullying Victims, and Schools

  What Characteristics of Bullying, Bullying Victims, and Schools Are Associated with Increased Reporting of Bullying to School Officials? National Center for Education...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  New Kresge Grants Will Help Put Disadvantaged Youths Through College

  The Troy, Mich.-based Kresge Foundation announced last week a new higher education grant-making strategy designed to help disadvantaged populations enter and receive...

• News

  Facebook Founder to Give $100 Million to Newark Schools

  The education reform movement might be shifting its headquarters to Newark, N.J., as The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal...

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  Rethinking Educational Neglect for Teenagers: New Strategies for New York State

    Rethinking Educational Neglect for Teenagers: New Strategies for New York State Vera Institute of Justice Cases of educational neglect, defined in...

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  School Suspensions Skyrocket, Racial Gap Widens

  Suspended Education: Urban Middle Schools in CrisisSouthern Poverty Law Center Middle schools are suspending more students than ever, and black students are...

• Do Foster Parents Need a PTA?

  In an effort to help confront a perpetual problem for foster youth – lack of parental involvement in their schools and education...

• Do Foster Parents Need a PTA?

  In an effort to help confront a perpetual problem for foster youth – lack of parental involvement in their schools and education...

• The Need for Real Change in Higher Education Reform

  By Matthew Denhart     American higher education has long been considered a driving force behind the realization of the American Dream. Through a...

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  More Financial Aid Goes to Help Students

  Tuition Discounting: Institutional Aid Patterns at Public and Private Colleges and Universities, 2000-01 to 2008-09College Board Colleges are spending slightly more of...

• It’s Time to End the Over-Representation of African-Americans in Special Education

  We know from decades of research that African-American males are labeled with emotional and behavior disorders and intellectual disabilities at rates that...