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Racial, Income Disparities in Test Scores, plus: Walton Family Funds Another 3889 TFAs

August 1, 2013 vspatz

The District of Columbia Public Schools celebrated its annual test scores this week, touting “historic high” results citywide. The score report indicates a drop of

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Pedro Noguera to Join Education Town Hall, 1/3/13

December 31, 2012 vspatz

The Education Town Hall welcomes Dr. Pedro Noguera, one of our nation’s leading voices for healthy public education, to this week’s show, the first of

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Education Town Hall, Air Date 12/20/12

December 24, 2012 vspatz

DC Action for Children’s Report: “Despite Reforms, No Measurable Gains” Persistence of DC’s “achievement gap(s)” Julianne King, Education Activist Erich Martel, Retired DCPS Teacher, Advocate

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Time to Rethink Reform:

December 18, 2012 vspatz

Evidence from DC and Beyond “Based on no evidence of progress [throughout five years of education reform in Washington, DC] and strong evidence for the

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Virginia’s Variable Expectations: Realism or Racism?

December 17, 2012 vspatz

The Commonwealth of Virginia, as part of its No Child Left Behind waiver application, recently created controversial Standards of Learning, differing by subgroup: African Americans

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