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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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Are Four Heads Better Than One? A Comparison of Cooperative and Traditional Teaching Formats in an Introductory Biology Course
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare the impact of cooperative learning with a traditional lecture-oriented format in the teaching of introductory biology and find that the cooperative learning approach is more effective in terms of student satisfaction, ability to find information on one's own, acquisition of factual knowledge, and ability to work with others.
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The Education of Gifted Children in the United States: A Delphi Study:
TL;DR: The Delphi study as discussed by the authors investigated issues in the education of gifted children in the United States and found that six issues were identified as being most critical; 53 actions were suggested for the federal, state, and local levels ; and a three part definition of the term "gifted" was developed.
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Desegregation of Gifted Educational Programs: The Impact of Brown on Underachieving Children of Color
Donna Y. Ford,Karen S. Webb +1 more
TL;DR: The most far-reaching legislation for gifted education is the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Act of 1988 as mentioned in this paper, which provides financial assistance to state and local educational agencies, and also gives highest priority to students who are racial minorities, economically disadvantaged, limited English proficient, and disabled.
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No Child Left Behind and the Spectacle of Failing Schools: The Mythology of Contemporary School Reform
TL;DR: The authors examines the way that this spectacle works to undermine public education and explicates the powerful mythology behind it, and concludes with some suggestions on how this destructive "spectacle of fear" might potentially be disrupted using the agencies of strong democracy.
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Investigating policy attraction in education
TL;DR: The notion of policy "borrowing" in education has been a consistent theme in comparative inquiry in education from the early decades of the 19th century, while attitudes to the feasibility of educational policy borrowing have ranged from scornful dismissal to enthusiastic advocacy.
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