Results List
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Access + Quality = Benefits
Source: Learning Point Associates
A Decade of Progress in Meeting the “Afterschool for All” Challenge 09 Jun 2009 Below is a powerpoint presentation delivered by Bob Stonehill, former head of the $1 bn 21st Century Community Learning Centers fund at the Department of Education, now the Chief Learning…
Resource type: News
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University challenge
Source: Limerick Leader
It took many years of lobbying before Limerick got a third level institution. As UL celebrates 20 years of university status, key figures recall the joy and the struggle. Anne Sheridan reports. 28 May 2009 ON THURSDAY, June 1, 1989, the University of Limerick bill…
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Op-Ed: Our Greatest National Shame
Source: The New York Times
Original Source By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Op-Ed Columnist So maybe I was wrong. I used to consider health care our greatest national shame, considering that we spend twice as much on medical care as many European nations, yet American children are twice as likely to die before…
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Op-Ed: Education Is All in Your Mind
Source: The New York Times
By RICHARD E. NISBETT Ann Arbor, Mich. AS Department of Education officials consider how best to spend billions from the economic stimulus plan, they would be wise to pay attention to which programs actually help children’s achievement — and keep in mind that sometimes very…
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Throwing schools out the window
Source: The New York Times
By Nicholas Kristof So this is what the Senate seems to be coming down to: keeping bridges and throwing students out the window. The effort to prune the stimulus package to make it more palatable to Republicans is focused on slashing money for education. The…
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Ivy League Aspirations
Source: Newsweek
Getting fifth graders to think about college seems a little goofy. But it's key to the prospects of the next generation. Original Source by Jay Mathews One hot summer day in 2001, Susan Schaeffler, a 30-year-old D.C. teacher, was in the basement of an Anacostia…
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Opinion: Philanthropy Needs to Promote Real Change in Education
Source: Chronicle of Philanthropy
Original Source By Marc S. Tucker We pay more per pupil for our elementary- and secondary-education system than any other industrialized country except Switzerland, yet the United States ranks near the bottom in performance. For the price they pay, Americans should expect the learning equivalent…
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What 'Yes, We Can' Should Mean for Our Schools
Source: Washington Post (Op-Ed)
Original Source By Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin In 1994, we founded KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, by starting one middle school in the South Bronx and one in Houston. Today, KIPP is a growing network of 66 public charter schools serving 17,000 children…
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East Meets West helps Da Nang's disabled
Source: Vietnamese News Agency (VNA)
The US-based organisation East Meets West (EMW) is to assist central Da Nang city in the implementation of a 480,000 USD project to help improve the quality of life for the city's disabled residents. An agreement to this effect was signed by EMW officials and…
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KIPP Success Cited, With Caveats
Source: Education Week
A review of research on the high-profile KIPP network finds promising academic results compared with traditional public schools, though it argues that “popular accounts” have at times overhyped the schools’ apparent success. Students who enter and stay in the Knowledge Is Power Program schools tend…
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