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In Beyond Fiction, we outlined why devoting instructional time to informational reading was as important to building literacy skills as reading fiction texts— a fact that was made all too clear in international benchmarks and national surveys which showed American adults performing abysmally on document or informational literacy. How to help adults who lack these basic…
While we’re on the subject of what today’s students need to be successful in the future, the University of Chicago’s Consortium on Chicago School Research recently released a comprehensive review of what research, policy and practice have identified as crucial elements of a child’s development and growth into a mature, productive and thriving adult. Read…
Much is known about the tools high school graduates need to do well in college (Adelman, 1999 and 2006; Hull, 2010; Klepfer & Hull, 2012). We know much less about the impact of high school on career readiness, however. This study looks at the credentials and high school experiences of non-college going high school graduates…
As colleges grapple with the widespread problem of sexual assault, there is a growing consensus that the nation’s schools need to do more to educate young people about sex and relationships before they ever set foot on campus. A little-noticed measure tucked into the Senate’s 600-page bill to rewrite No Child Left Behind, which passed Thursday, would…
The Senate on Thursday passed an overhaul of the No Child Left Behind education law, an action that senators on both sides of the aisle agreed was long overdue. Senators voted 81-17 to pass the Every Child Achieves Act, which transfers more decision-making power to state and local authorities. While No Child Left Behind was…
Christina Waters’s cellphone rang, and she looked down to see that the number was blocked. She knew immediately it was U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, just calling to check in. It has been that way since Waters attended a 2009 church picnic in Chicago and came away with a bullet lodged in her head from…
Congress is making another run at rewriting the Bush-era No Child Left Behind education law, even as the Obama administration urges changes it says would ensure that schools are held accountable when their students are seriously lagging behind their peers in better-performing schools. The Senate opened debate Tuesday on an update to the 2002 law,…
The backlash against public use of Confederate flags has built quickly since nine parishioners were gunned down inside a South Carolina church last week. Alabama removed the flag from its state capitol grounds Wednesday, and political leaders in Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee and North Carolina have moved to remove Confederate flag symbols from their state license…
Achievement is the expectation for students enrolled in Dunbar High School’s Academy for Technology Excellence, and students continue to make that expectation a reality each day. Recent graduate Ian Sexton took 1st place in the Excel 2010 category at the Microsoft Office National Championship last week, earning a spot to compete at the upcoming worldwide…
As the U.S. Senate braces for debate on a bipartisan reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act—which could get underway as early as Thursday—we thought it would be a good idea to freshen up on what’s in the bill. The compromise bill, which was brokered by Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., and…