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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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Brain Gym® Building Stronger Brains or Wishful Thinking?
TL;DR: A review of the theoretical foundations of Brain Gym® and the associated peer-reviewed research studies failed to support the contentions of the promoters of the Brain Gym's promoters as discussed by the authors.
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From Bureaucratic Control to Building Human Capital: The Importance of Teacher Learning in Education Reform
TL;DR: A substantial amount of evidence indicates that this theory-of-action is naive and incomplete as discussed by the authors, and it is the responsibility and prerogative of states to define and implement education policies.
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The Consequences of High School Exit Examinations for Low-Performing Urban Students: Evidence From Massachusetts:
TL;DR: This paper evaluated the causal effects of barely passing or failing a high school exit examination on the probability of graduation using a regression discontinuity design and found that for most Massachusetts students, barely failing their first 10th grade mathematics or English language arts (ELA) examination does not affect their probability of graduating.
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Food selection: problems in understanding how we choose foods to eat.
TL;DR: The need to understand the relationship between internal organization, individual and social experience and ecological demands may make food choice the most difficult of the core aspects of feeding behavior to analyze satisfactorily.
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