Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress. Volume 12, Number 18

Sonst. Personen	Amos, Jason (Hrsg.)
Institution	Alliance for Excellent Education
Titel	Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress. Volume 12, Number 18
Quelle	(2012), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Exit Examinations; Educational Change; Politics of Education; Graduation; Public Education; Graduation Rate; Educational Legislation; Federal Legislation; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Males; Career Readiness; College Readiness; Electronic Learning; Academic Achievement; Achievement Gap; Critical Thinking; Middle Schools; Middle School Students; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; Bildungsreform; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Abschluss; Graduierung; Öffentliche Erziehung; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bundesrecht; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Schulleistung; Kritisches Denken; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Middle schools
Abstract	"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Federal Update: U.S. Department of Education Receives Requests for NCLB Waivers from Seven More States; Receives Intent from Nearly 900 Applicants Under Race to the Top-District Competition; (2) "The Urgency of Now": New Schott Foundation Report Calls for "Support-Based Reform Agenda" to Increase High School Graduation Rates Among Black and Latino Males; (3) Ready (Or Not): Only 43 Percent of the Class of 2012 Met College Readiness Benchmark on SAT; (4) "State High School Exit Exams": As State Exit Exams Transition Toward College and Career Readiness, New CEP Report Raises Possibility of More Students Being Left Behind; and (5) Texas Tech Talk: Alliance President Stresses Importance of Digital Learning in Testimony Before Texas Joint Interim Committee. (Contains 2 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10