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Commencement Speeches

It’s graduation time! But not all commencement speakers who receive honorary degrees have inspiring messages.

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National data collection systems count only those who finish college where they started in expected time – 4-6 years for a bachelor’s degree and 2-3 years for an associate’s. However, many more students do eventually get degrees.

2012/05/21

Monetary Incentives Attract Teachers To Low Income Districts

Teachers who were offered significant monetary incentives filled 90% of the vacancies in hard-to-staff schools in seven large and diverse school districts in 5 states. Now more schools are expected to follow suit.

2012/05/16

What Makes A Good Teacher?

Occupational rankings don’t put teachers at the top; maybe they should be. During Teacher Appreciation Week many adults recall teachers who made a significant difference in their lives.

2012/05/15

Longterm Value Of Preschool Experience

A newly released study concludes that children, particularly those from low income households, who attend preschool are less likely to later depend on taxpayer-funded services as adults.

2012/05/14

Criteria For Special Education Placement

As the number of students in special education classes swells, some educators question whether the children have legitimate disabilities, or they are failing or unruly for other reasons.

2012/05/09

Advocating For Better Education

Overwhelming evidence supports the notion that with sufficient funding, school districts can improve all students’ achievement.

2012/05/08

Older Americans

The number of older Americans increased by 5.4 million since 2000 with 72% of the men married contrasted with 48% of women unmarried and 3.5% of that population is at or below the poverty level.

2012/05/07

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College Waiting Lists

According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, a spot on the waitlist at an elite college doesn’t mean you’re closer to the finish line. The odds aren’t good!

2012/05/02

Celebrating Martin Delany

Martin Delany founded one of the first black newspapers and was one of the first blacks admitted to Harvard Medical School. The Moonstone Arts Center is commemorating his 200th birthday with several events.

2012/05/01

Education By Zip Codes

A new study by Jonathan Rothwell at the Brookings Institution identified areas where high levels of economic segregation show the large gaps in education between low-income students and other students.

2012/04/30

High School, Only Shorter

In an increasing trend, Minnesota, Utah, South Dakota, and Idaho give scholarships as an incentive to accelerate high school diplomas, cutting public school costs; twenty-four other states allow various ways to finish early.

2012/04/25

Play Works

A new rigorous study from Mathematica and Stanford University looked at outcomes when schools used Playworks, a national nonprofit currently providing healthy recess and safe playtime in 23 cities nationwide.

2012/04/24

Career Opportunities In The Health Field

By Dr. Marciene Mattleman PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – When Frank Stevens graduated from high school he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do with his life. He planned to start college with a two-year, associate’s degree. [...]

2012/04/23

Humanizing The Business Major

The book Academically Adrift, and other surveys point out that business majors spend less time studying, and show weakest gains in reading and writing skills in the first two years of college. Now some programs are trying to change that.

2012/04/18

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