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A nation at risk: the imperative for educational reform
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Because of the extraordinary clarity and importance of the Commission's Report, the editors of the Communica t ions decided to reprint the Report's main section in its entirety and present it to you here.Abstract:
released a remarkab le report, A Nation at Risk. This Report has s t imulated in the media considerable discussion about the problems in our schools, speculation about the causes, and ass ignment of blame. Astonishingly, f e w of the media reports have focused on the specific f indings and recommendat ions of the Commission. A lmos t none of the med ia reports tells that the Commission i tsel f re frained f rom speculation on causes and f rom assignment of blame. Because of the extraordinary clarity and importance of the Commission's Report, the editors of the Communica t ions decided to reprint the Report's main section in its entirety. We are p leased to present it to you here.read more
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Does Raising the Bar Level the Playing Field?: Mathematics Curricular Intensification and Inequality in American High Schools, 1982–2004
Thurston Domina,Joshua Saldana +1 more
TL;DR: The authors investigated the consequences of mathematics curricular intensification for social stratification in American high schools using representative data from U.S. high school graduates in 1982, 1992, and 2004, and estimated changes in race-, class-, and skills-based inequality in advanced math course credit completion.
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National physical education standards: a summary of student performance and its correlates.
Heather Erwin,Darla M. Castelli +1 more
TL;DR: Although the expectations may not be attainable at given times because of developmental differences, the study results provide some support for the value of guiding students to competency in all standards, as opposed to a single expectation.
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A quarter century of US ‘math wars’ and political partisanship
TL;DR: The authors traces the history of the US "math wars" from 1980, and discusses the political polarizations that fuelled and resulted from the disagreements, concluding that "the political polarization that fuelled the disagreements led to the disagreements."
Challenges and Changes to Tinto's Persistence Theory.
TL;DR: The origins of Tinto's student departure theory began with his collaboration with Cullen in 1973 as mentioned in this paper, and the academic and social integration variables from this collaboration formed the foundation for Tinto' 1975 model, while his subsequent inclusion of additional environmental variables was adapted from Van Gennep's rites of passage theory.
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An investigation of the paradox of underachievement among gifted black students 1
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined determinants of underachievement perceived by 148 gifted and non-gifted Black fifth and sixth grade students in an urban school district and found that psychological factors and peer pressures played the greatest role in underachieving among a majority of the Black students.
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