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Uri Treisman’s Magnificent Speech On Equity, Race, And The Opportunity To Learn

nitajo sumitted ago via http://blog.mrmeyer.com (Views: 3, Clicks: 1)  
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On April 19, 2013, the third day of NCTM's annual meeting in Denver, Uri Treisman gave a forty-minute address on equity that Zal Usiskin, director of the University of Chicago's School Mathematics Project, called the greatest talk he'd ever heard at the conference in any year. Stanford math professor Keith Devlin would later call it our "I have a dream" speech. At least one participant left in tears.

1 comments | Tags: uri treisman national council of teachers of mathematics equity opportunity gap | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Feds Can Do More to Promote Funding Equity, Report Urges

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 25, Clicks: 4)  
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Lesli A. Maxwell -- Forty years after the Supreme Court ruled in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez that state funding formulas for public schools that are based on local property taxes are not unconstitutional, some civil rights leaders and education advocates say it's time to push for new efforts to address decades-long disparities in how resources are parceled out to public schools.

2 comments | Tags: lesli a. maxwell equity equity and excellence commission christopher edley jr. mariano-florentino "tino" cuellar | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Summer Learning Programs' Potential for Bridging Achievement Gaps

nitajo sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 26, Clicks: 5)  
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Gina Cairney -- Children learn best when they're healthy, and while summer is usually a time when many children participate in a myriad of summer enrichment programs, some children who could most benefit don't get that opportunity, according to the National Summer Learning Association.

1 comments | Tags: gina cairney summer learning programs national summer learning association equity | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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California voters split on Jerry Brown school plans

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 31, Clicks: 5)  
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Fifty percent agree with the governor's proposal to give more funds to school districts that serve low-income children. A separate Brown plan to give local districts more funding control is favored by 59%.

1 comments | Tags: california school funding jerry brown equity poverty | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Do schools for 'gifted' promote segregation?

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 41, Clicks: 4)  
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Valerie Strauss -- Connecticut is opening new schools for the "gifted" in three districts, raising questions about segregation and discrimination.

2 comments | Tags: valerie strauss connecticut wendy lecker equity civil rights | Topic: Gifted Programs BAD >_<

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What the AP program can't do

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 28, Clicks: 4)  
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Valerie Strauss -- The latest report by the College Board on its Advanced Placement program talks a lot about the success of these courses. Here's a different look at the AP.

1 comments | Tags: valerie strauss college board sat jack schneider equity | Topic: Secondary BAD >_<

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Does school reform perpetuate inequity?

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 42, Clicks: 4)  
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Valerie Strauss -- Many critics of modern school reform say that while reform efforts are intended to close achievement gaps and provide equitable educational experiences for all students, they are having the opposite effect. Here’s that argument by Paul Thomas, an associate professor of education at Furman University in South Carolina.

1 comments | Tags: valerie strauss paul thomas furman university equity achievement gaps | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Expanding access in advanced placement classes so more North Jersey kids can excel

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.northjersey.com (Views: 19, Clicks: 4)  
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Educators have pored over the merits of opening up Advanced Placement classes to all high school students versus limiting the college-level courses to those with a track record of academic excellence. At the heart of the debate is the issue of equitable access compared with students’ actual preparedness to take on the challenge.

1 comments | Tags: college readiness advanced placement program new jersey equity | Topic: Secondary BAD >_<

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Ethnic Studies To Return to Tucson in Court-Backed Desegregation Plan

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 36, Clicks: 4)  
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Erik Robelen -- Mexican-American studies will return to classrooms in Tucson's secondary schools in the fall after a federal judge approved the district's new plan to achieve greater racial balance in its schools.

2 comments | Tags: tucson unified school district tucson arizona equity desegregation david c. bury | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Has Tucson School District Become Little Rock, Arkansas 1954? New Court Suit on Segregation Violations Over Mexican American Studies Crackdown

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.huffingtonpost.com (Views: 34, Clicks: 5)  
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Nearly six decades after President Dwight Eisenhower overruled the "leadership of demagogic extremists" and sent federal troops to protect desegregation efforts in Little Rock, Arkansas, Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild has more than one reason to be concerned about his city's negative image.

2 comments | Tags: tucson unified school district tucson arizona equity desegregation david c. bury | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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‘Tebow bill’ would let home-schoolers try out for public school teams

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 37, Clicks: 4)  
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Virginia legislation would allow state’s 25,000 home-schooled students to try out for public school teams.

1 comments | Tags: public school tebow bill virginia equity eligibility | Topic: Homeschooling BAD >_<

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A system divided: Gifted, talented and separated

nitajo sumitted ago via http://flcourier.com (Views: 53, Clicks: 5)  
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At P.S. 163 on the Upper West Side, the accelerated program is mostly white and middle class, unlike the rest of the school.

1 comments | Tags: new york city diversity student performance achievement gap equity | Topic: Gifted Programs BAD >_<

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Bring Your Own Device

nitajo sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 133, Clicks: 5)  
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Stu Silberman -- "Bring Your Own Device" - is being heard more and more these days in and around our schools. The devices, in most cases, are mobile phones, tablets, and/or laptops. Should schools establish policies allowing students to use their own technology tools in the classroom? I say, yes, with some caveats.

0 comments | Tags: digital tablets parental involvement stu silberman ipads equity | Topic: In the Class BAD >_<

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TPS forum set to hear concerns over Zarrow, Eisenhower admissions

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 169, Clicks: 11)  
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Tulsa Public Schools is reacting to parent outcry over proposed changes to the admissions process for Eisenhower and Zarrow international schools by scheduling a public forum for parents.

2 comments | Tags: equity tulsa public schools eisenhower elementary language immersion schools | Topic: Elementary/Primary BAD >_<

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