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Harvard study paints bleak picture of ethnic diversity
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A bleak picture of the corrosive effects of ethnic diversity has been revealed in research by Harvard University's Robert Putnam, one of the world's most influential political scientists.
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Online journals challenge scientific peer review
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Scientists frustrated by the iron grip that academic journals hold over their research can now pursue another path to fame by taking their research straight to the public online.
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Open-access bill divides schools, publishers
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Legislation would require the posting of federal research results free of charge online
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NASDSE Explains Response to Intervention
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This FOCUS on Results document provides the reader with a basic understanding of Response to Intervention (RtI). Part one of a two-part series on RtI, this document provides RtI guidance and technical assistance to Michigan school districts. This document shares the national perspective on RtI, as provided by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) in its book, Response to Intervention: Policy Considerations and Implementation, published in 2005.
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Dissecting Dyslexia
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By: Thomas S. May
Genetic causes and educational solutions
Children who do not learn to read fluently by age 10 or 11 are often thought to be lacking in intelligence or motivation. In most cases, however, they are neither stupid nor lazy. They have dyslexia, a learning disability that makes it very difficult for them to understand written language, despite having a normal—or higher-than-normal—IQ. Depending on the diagnostic criteria used, dyslexia affects 5 to 17 percent of people in the United States.
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Does Tobacco Money Taint Research?
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U. of California urged to bar grants from cigarette companies. Both sides say academic values are at stake.
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An Interview with Marcus A. Winters: To Socially Promote or Not to “ Socially Promote”
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Taking aim at admissions anxiety
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Though just teenagers, the applicants to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are a scarily accomplished lot. They have started businesses
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Though just teenagers, the applicants to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are a scarily accomplished lot. They have started businesses and published academic research. One built a working nuclear reactor in his garage. In their high schools, they have led every extracurricular club and mastered the SAT.
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WHAT IS THE REALITY OF SCHOOL COMPETITION?
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By Cathy Wylie
New Zealand Council of Educational Research
Research from countries with broad school choice initiatives has become particularly relevant to the U.S. with the passage of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and the potential for all students in failing schools to gain access to new schooling options.
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NEW NIMH RESEARCH PROGRAM LAUNCHES AUTISM TRIALS
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The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has launched three major clinical studies on autism at its research program on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland.
These studies are the first products of a new, integrated focus on autism generated in response to reported increases in autism prevalence and valid opportunities for progress. Initial studies will define the characteristics of different subtypes of autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
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Measuring Up 2006: The National Report Card on Higher Education
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Measuring Up 2006 consists of the national report card for higher education and fifty state report cards. Its purpose is to provide the public and policymakers with information to assess and improve postsecondary education in each state. Measuring Up 2006 is the fourth in a series of biennial report cards.
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College Board Announces Scores for New SAT® with Writing Section
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"We're pleased that we now have a cohort of students who have taken the new writing section of the test. The addition of writing has made the SAT a better measure of the skills students need to succeed in college and later in life. We will continue to work with schools and colleges to encourage high standards and a greater focus on writing in the classroom," said Gaston Caperton, president of the College Board.
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CRESST ANALYSIS OF CALIFORNIA ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRESS REPORT
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Pete Goldschmidt, Christy Kim Boscardin, and Robert Linn
National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing
The latest release of the California Academic Performance Index (API) indicates that, overall, California schools demonstrated about an 11-point, 1.6%, improvement over last year. This result is consistent with previously released STAR results.
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Findings From the 2-year-old Follow-up of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort
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NCES report, Age 2: (NCES 2006-043) shows the wide range of skills and abilities demonstrated by children at an early age. For example, 84 percent of children recognize and understand certain spoken words at about 2 years of age, while 4 percent show beginning counting skills.
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CALL FOR PAPERS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON STUDENT DISCIPLINE: Call for Papers
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NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON STUDENT CONDUCT
2 to 5 APRIL 2007 , Potchefstroom , South Africa
INVITATION TO PRESENT A PAPER AT AN UPCOMING CONFERENCE
The Research Project on student discipline in schools at the Faculty of Education Sciences of the North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus) takes pleasure in providing academics and Education practitioners an opportunity to meet and exchange ideas on a burning, current national and international issue in education, namely discipline in schools.
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MAJOR FLAWS FOUND IN HARVARD ANALYSIS OF GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED PUBLIC, PRIVATE SCHOOL RESEARCH
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The Think Tank Review Project
TEMPE, Ariz. - A new report from Harvard's Program for Education Policy and Governance (PEPG), "On the Public-Private School Achievement Debate," claims that private schools outperform public schools. According to University of Illinois professors Christopher Lubienski and Sarah Theule Lubienski, the report applied inappropriate models to account for the demographic differences between students.
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In Defense of Testing Series: ETS on the Issues
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ETS regularly publishes research on such topics as education reform, minority access to higher education, and technology in the classroom. Read ETS CEO and President Kurt M. Landgraf's opinion and analysis articles drawing upon this research.
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The Early Reading and Mathematics Achievement of Children Who Repeated Kindergarten or Who Began School a Year Late
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This report examines the association between kindergarten enrollment status (e.g., repeating kindergarten or delaying entry into kindergarten) and children’s first grade reading and mathematics achievement. Based on the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), the statistics in brief reports that in the fall of 1998 5 percent of all children in kindergarten were repeating kindergarten and 6 percent were attending kindergarten for the first time even though they were age-eligible to do so a year earlier (i.e., delayed entry).
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