Allowing Native Language in School Benefits Mexican-American Students Ω A new University of Missouri study shows that Mexican-American students who identify and practice speaking their native language have higher grades than those who are put in English-only environments in their schools. David Aguayo, a doctoral ...
Little concrete evidence that single-sex schools are a better learning environment Ω But there is strong evidence for negative consequences of segregating by sex -- the collateral damage of segregating by sex. Students who attend sex-segregated schools are not necessarily better educated than students who attend coeducational ...
Rethinking gifted education policy Ω Most people can probably name some award-winning athletes, musicians, and actors. But, if you were asked to name the winners of last year's Nobel Prizes in Economics, Physics, or Literature, could you do it? In the September issue of Psychological ...
Guardian of Democracy: The Civic Mission of Schools Ω This new report provides research-based evidence of the decline in civic learning in American schools and presents six proven practices that should be at the heart of every school's approach to civic learning. It also provides recommendations for ...
State Capacity for School Improvement: A First Look at Agency Resources Ω The current emphasis on school performance and accountability is expected to continue. As a consequence, the number of low-performing schools will increase as academic achievement targets become more stringent. In response, the federal government ...
Recruitment, Retention and the Minority Teacher Shortage Ω This study examines and compares the recruitment and retention of minority and White elementary and secondary teachers and attempts to empirically ground the debate over minority teacher shortages. The data are from the National Center for Education ...
