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SOS Classroom: Crowdsourcing Education

markcmarino wrote 3 weeks ago: Last summer, Los Angeles Unified School District canceled summer school for K-8, leaving tens of tho … more →

Tags: Beyond the Box, Technology and Education, Budget cuts, College Access, Crisis, K-12, mark Marino, reform, technology

Recreational Music Center and The Liberty School

David Gereghty wrote 1 month ago: The Recreational Music Center is thrilled to be working with the Liberty School in Liberty Station t … more →

Tags: RMC Classes, Higher Education, Liberty School, Liberty Station Music School, music education, NTC Foundation, Recreational Music Center, San Diego School District, Scholarship Music Classes

Digging Up Roots2 comments

ellenbeachteach wrote 2 months ago: Too often, teachers, schools and parents look at a child’s behavior as something willful or in … more →

Tags: Blogroll, ellen, Education, Humane Education, child-centered, Progressive, Behavior Problems, Problem-solving

Why do Students Drop Out of School?

kenneyg wrote 3 months ago: The bedroom door slams at the end of another argument. Your son came home today with another failing … more →

Tags: Dropout Prevention, Graduation, unmotivated students

Regulation and Common Sense

wgtiern wrote 4 months ago: There is a bill working its way through the California legislature that will regulate for-profit col … more →

Tags: Privatization and Entrepreneurs, What's Happening?, California, for profit, Objectives, Outcomes, Public universities, regulation

With "Race to the Top," We All Lose, Part I

Randy Clemens wrote 4 months ago: Last week, the President and Secretary of Education announced a plan to accelerate reform and innova … more →

Tags: What's Happening?, The Feds, entrepreneurialism, K-12, Urban Ed, reform, Race to the Top

The Race Begins Today

Randy Clemens wrote 4 months ago: The purpose(s) of compulsory education in modern America have not been clear. Today, during Presiden … more →

Tags: The Feds, K-12, Purposes of Ed, democracy, Urban Ed, reform, incentives

Regulating for-profits

wgtiern wrote 5 months ago: I mentioned in an earlier thread that for-profit colleges and universities have a higher proportion … more →

Tags: Privatization and Entrepreneurs, four-year college, for profit, minority students, Traditional universities, Graduation Rates

At Risk Students: Instructional Strategy Problems

newlywedjourney wrote 6 months ago: One of the main problems in identifying strategies to help at-risk students is that the term “at-ris … more →

Tags: Instructional Strategies

At Risk Students: Successful Strategies

newlywedjourney wrote 6 months ago: Successful Strategies The main successful strategies for work with at-risk students are giving stude … more →

Tags: Instructional Strategies

At Risk Students: Quick Facts

newlywedjourney wrote 6 months ago: Things to Know About At-Risk Students The term “at risk” is used frequently in the educa … more →

Tags: Instructional Strategies

Alternative programs make connections with students that keep them coming back

communitiesinschoolsofspokanecounty wrote 7 months ago: The principal’s office at Havermale High School is more like a lounge, with a open door and rare mom … more →

Tags: News Acticles, Ben Stuckart, cis, Communities in Schools, CISSC, Dropout, one in three, Havermale High School, fred schrumpf

Examining the Impacts of Early Reading Intervention on the Growth Rates in Basic Literacy Skills of At-Risk Urban Kindergarteners

Callier Library wrote 7 months ago: This study investigated the effects of the Scott Foresman Early Reading Intervention (ERI) on growth … more →

Tags: Research, Key Words: early literacy skills, growth rates, Reading Interventions

TWEET for better schools!

Lander Marks wrote 8 months ago: Las Vegas, NV– Tweet-2-Beat is gaining momentum at the rate of 1000 new followers a day.  Howe … more →

Tags: Public Schools, Tweet, twitter, tweet-2-beat, tferris, U.S. public schools, at-risk schools

March 10 Voices of Michigan Education Confronts Homeless Stereotypes2 comments

gilmanmark wrote 9 months ago: If you think that the Michigan homeless population is best defined by the guy stuffing all his earth … more →

Tags: Parents, Teachers, Economy, Homelessness, poverty, Students

He was almost a dropout himself...now, he is making it his mission to make sure students succeed in school.

kerrybirmingham wrote 10 months ago: Eric Wood didn’t fit in in high school. When he wasn’t hiding behind long hair and heavy … more →

Tags: Students, teacher, Dropout Crisis, Dropout, Middle College, Mott Middle College, success story

Annual Conference Highlight: Almitra Berry answers your questions2 comments

saanys wrote 1 year ago: New York SAANYS members! Thanks so much for attending my workshop, “Leading Students At-Risk to Acad … more →

Tags: SAANYS, School Administrators Association of New York, Almitra Berry, academic success, McGraw-Hill Learning Group, Conference Highlight

Are Reading and Behavior Problems Risk Factors for Each Other?

Callier Library wrote 1 year ago: from the Journal of Learning Disabilities Two questions were investigated. First, are children with … more →

Tags: Reading Disabilities, reading problems, Behavior Problems, emotional and behavioral disorders

Students Who are At-Risk!

debbiecluff wrote 1 year ago: Author: Debbie Cluff Students who are placed at risk due to poverty, race, ethnicity, language, or o … more →

Tags: Online Tutoring, Tutoring, Reading, students struggle, Learning, learners, planetarystreams.com, debbie cluff, tyler cluff