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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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High School Exit Examinations and State-Level Completion and GED Rates, 1973-2000*
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented a paper prepared for presentation at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Boston, April 2004, with the support of the Spencer Foundation's Major Grants Program and the University of Minnesota's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.
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What do people do at work
TL;DR: The survey of Skills, Technology, and Management Practices (STAMP) as discussed by the authors found that most workers use relatively simple levels of math on their jobs, but there is a bifurcation of jobs in terms of the complexity of reading and especially writing that is required.
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The Politics of Technological Literacy
TL;DR: In this article, a turn toward critical technological literacy represents an overtly political turn toward overcoming forms of power that sustain inequities in the built world, and it is argued that technology educators will necessarily have to resituate their practice within cultural studies.
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The Language of Standards and Teacher Education Reform
TL;DR: The key to successful professionalization of any practice is to convince clients and the public that a professional possesses unique knowledge and skills that can be employed to solve the particular problems of practice and thus serve client needs as mentioned in this paper.
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Preservice Training: The Role of Field-Based Experiences in the Preparation of Effective Special Educators:
TL;DR: In this paper, the value of preservice field-based training experiences, which can be judged by the relationship between the fieldbased experience and the beginning teacher's competency, job satisfaction and retention, or ability to foster learning in exceptional individuals has not been documented by systematic, longitudinal research.
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