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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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Standardization and Subjection: An Autonomist Critique of Neoliberal School Reform
TL;DR: The authors argue that market-based reforms have commodified education and are transforming public schooling into a corporatized i.i.d. source of profit, and that public education under neoliberal reform has been targeted as an indispensable source of revenue.
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The Influence of Extended‐Year Schooling on Growth of Achievement and Perceived Competence in Early Elementary School
TL;DR: Results indicated that providing students with additional instruction time by lengthening the school year could be a promising educational reform.
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Motivation in the Junior Years: International perspectives on children's attitudes, expectations and behaviour and their relationship to educational achievement
TL;DR: For example, this paper found that Russian children were less likely to express satisfaction with their abilities or workrates, were more positive towards school, more likely to see education as intrinsically valuable and tended to spend significantly more time on homework tasks.
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Block-Scheduled High Schools: Impact on Achievement in English and Language Arts
TL;DR: The authors explored student data from 5 high schools in a large metropolitan area for several years before and after the schools converted to either a Block 4 x 4 or Block 8 scheduling format designed to influence student achievement and success.
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Why Some Schools Have More Underqualified Teachers Than Others
TL;DR: The failure to ensure that the nation's classrooms are all staffed with qualified schoolteachers is one of the most important problems in contemporary American education as discussed by the authors, and numerous reforms have been initiated to upgrade the quality and quantity of the teaching force.
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