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Getting Serious About Closing the Achievement Gap
Nurturing conditions where ALL students succeed
Too many schools continue to struggle with closing the achievement gap. The No Child Left Behind legislation was supposed to change all of this, though today we still have too many students left behind. Lawmakers...
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Charles Beaman
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Closing the Achievement Gap in Texas
A new approach to instruction helped this middle school overcome the odds.
More than 90% of Simon Middle School's 620 students are economically disadvantaged, 95% are minority, 52% are English language learners, and 14% have special needs, so ensuring that all of its students are successful...
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Susan Dawson, Christine Moses
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Focus on School Climate
The Maryland State Board of Education recently approved new school discipline regulations designed to end disparities in how students of different races are punished for violating school rules. The new policies are...
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Bob Wise
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Leading Learning for Children From Poverty
Six effective practices can help teachers help students from poverty succeed.
What bridges the gap between a culture of despair and a future of hope for children who live in poverty? The answer is simple: effective educators who will not settle for mediocrity, who will not accept excuses for...
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Cynthia "Mama J" Johnson
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Ruthie Smith Stevenson
Ruthie Smith Stevenson, Ph.D., is a professor and coordinator of the doctoral program in educational leadership K–12, at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. She is a member of the Mississippi Board of...
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AMLE
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Putting Middle Grades Students on the Graduation Path: A Policy and Practice Brief
Research has shown that, particularly in high-poverty environments, students' middle grades experiences are critical in launching them toward achievement and attainment or placing them on a path of frustration,...
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Robert Balfanz
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Using Classroom Management to Close the Achievement Gap
While observing in several classrooms recently, I noticed teachers who had outstanding lesson plans, but many of their students had other plans—texting, engaging in sidebars, talking out, and engaging in other...
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Charles Beaman
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Joining Forces for the Future
Collaboration is one of the essential attributes of successful middle grades schools. The benefits of working together are apparent in the joint efforts of a small midwestern college and an urban middle school to...
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Charlie Beard
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Speaking a Common Language Across the Curriculum
State standardized test scores at Cedarbrook Middle School in the Cheltenham (Pennsylvania) School District had been stagnant for several years and the achievement gap within our school dismayed and disheartened all...
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Sarah M. Stout, Peggy Cooper, Heather Blumberg, Linda Roeder, Jamie Osea, and Kevin Burke
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