Detroit Reading Corps Battles Poor Test Scores
Faced with catastrophic test scores, Detroit's schools determined that poor reading lay below the surface and mobilized a corps from the community to tackle the problem.
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Minority Teachers: Hard to Get and Hard to Keep
Why are black and Latino teachers leaving in droves? Because they want more autonomy in poor urban schools, researchers say.
Are Charter Schools a Choice for Segregation?
Miller-McCune interviews two education experts about the promise and betrayal of diversity in the charter school movement.
Teacher Training Too Academic, Not Practical
In examining what's ailing American teaching, a blue-ribbon panel decided that teachers should be trained the same way we train doctors — through clinical practice.
The Kindergarten Advantage
How everything you learned in kindergarten affects your salary, your chances of going to college and owning a home, and even your retirement savings.
A Compensation for Cold Weather: Higher IQs
New research finds that within the U.S., those states with cooler temperatures tend to have populations with higher IQs.
The Politics of Bilingual Education
A reader's experience leads him to question the premise of our recent article on bilingual education in schools.
Delaying School Start Times Causes Alarm
Efforts to adjust school start times face logistical and political obstacles concerning after-school activities, transportation schedules and sporting events.
A Day in the Life of a Sleepy Student
They'll have better attendance, wreck fewer cars and be more agreeable. All we have to do is let high school students sleep in.
A’s and F’s for Charter Schools
On average, there's no advantage to a charter school education except among the poor, national studies show. But in a few states, charter students are doing well.