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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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Retention, Social Promotion, and Academic Redshirting What Do We Know and Need to Know?
TL;DR: The authors examined the research on the effectiveness of retention and other responses, including social promotion, and the growing parental practice of "academic redshirting" of children by delaying their entry into kindergarten.
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Principals: Leaders of Leaders.
Abstract: Teacher leaders can help guide fellow teachers and the school at large toward higher standards of achievement and recognition of individual responsibility for school reform. Until this responsibili...
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Addressing the discontinuity of students’ and teachers’ diversity: a preliminary study of preservice teachers’ beliefs and perceived skills
Sheryl V. Taylor,Donna M. Sobel +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide baseline data regarding preservice teachers' beliefs about addressing the needs of students whose backgrounds and abilities differ from their own, and provide guidance for subsequent in-depth longitudinal investigations about the ways in which preserve teachers’ beliefs inform their classroom behaviors toward the aforementioned students, as well as suggestions for teacher educators about program improvements.
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Understanding Why Students Drop Out of High School, According to Their Own Reports: Are They Pushed or Pulled, or Do They Fall Out? A Comparative Analysis of Seven Nationally Representative Studies
TL;DR: For instance, the authors examined specific dropout causes reported by students from several nationally representative studies and found that pull factors ranked the highest among pull factors for younger students and out-of-school enticements like jobs and family were the highest for older ones.
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The Regular Education Initiative as Reagan-Bush Education Policy A Trickle-Down Theory of Education of the Hard-to-Teach
TL;DR: The Regular Education Initiative (REI) as mentioned in this paper is a flawed policy initiative that does not have the support of critical constituency, it rests on illogical premises, ignores the issue of specificity in proposed reforms, and reflects a cavalier attitude toward experimentation and research.
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The Meaning of Educational Change
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