What’s New at The Education Trust
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On the Anniversary of A Nation at Risk, EdTrust Teams up with Civil Rights Organizations to Sound the Call for a Renewed Focus on Equity. Read the Statement and Add Your Voice!
2007 NAEP Writing Results Released: Despite gains for the nation and most student groups at grades 8 and 12, gaps persist. Learn more...
Their Fair Share: How Texas-sized Gaps in Teacher Quality Shortchange Poor and Minority Students Watch the Their Fair Share video clip, find out how your school does
and TELL A TEXAN.
Mark your calendars, tell your colleagues and join us November 13-15 for the 19th Education Trust National Conference, It's Up to Us: Going the Distance to Close Gaps and Raise Achievement for All
Join EdTrust’s National Center for Transforming School Counseling June 5-7 in St. Louis for the Ninth Annual Summer Academy, Taking on the Challenge of College and Career Readiness for All Students. Register today.
Click here to learn about the NASH/EdTrust Access to Success initiative to expand college access and increase success.
Education News:
Highlights from Ed Trust’s Equity Express
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Value of college tuition is called into question USA Today
May 1—As college tuitions continue to climb, a study released today fuels concerns about whether the investment in higher education by families and taxpayers translates into better results.
Searching for Science to Guide Good Teaching Washington Post
April 28 -- The Bush administration's chief of education research says teachers too often rely on "folk wisdom" instead of proven methods to help students learn reading and math. Just as doctors consider data from drug trials and clinical research when they treat patients, he wants educators to think more scientifically in their quest for the right textbooks, technology, teacher training and lesson plans to raise student achievement.
Math Standards: Better at numbers Seattle Post-Intelligencer
April 29—This state's children will gain from stronger mathematics standards. For a state that has serious problems providing young people with community college and baccalaureate degrees, math gains could translate into better-prepared citizens and workers.
Judge dismisses state's No Child suit Associated Press April 29—A federal judge has dismissed the last of four claims in Connecticut's challenge that the federal No Child Left Behind law is unconstitutional.
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