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Friday, August 5, 2011

This Week In Education: Thompson: There's STILL No Free Lunch

This Week In Education: Thompson: There's STILL No Free Lunch

Thompson: There's STILL No Free Lunch

Beat-the-oddsSarah Ransdell's recent study, There’s Still No Free Lunch, refutes the claims that "high expectations!" and a focus on instruction can single-handedly erase the effects of poverty and close the achievement gap. Ransdell identified "resilient schools" that have higher reading scores and higher poverty levels than other schools. But she found that resilient


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