America’s child poverty problem does not entirely explain away its students’ relatively low math scores, says a report from Harvard’s Program on Education Policy and Governance. Researchers analyzed scores from the International Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) test, which is given in 65 countries. In 2009, about 32 percent of American students scored what the
Continue reading …America’s child poverty problem does not entirely explain away its students’ relatively low math scores, says a report from Harvard’s Program on Education Policy and Governance. Researchers analyzed scores from the International Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) test, which is given in 65 countries. In 2009, about 32 percent of American students scored what the
Continue reading …Welcome to First Look, our daily roundup of early-bird news: • Hurricane Irene may be a category 4 storm when it hits Florida on Friday. (Miami Herald) • Allegations of teacher-sanctioned cheating are on the rise in New York City. (New York Times) • Philadelphia’s school superintendent is stepping down with a $900,000 buy-out. (Washington Times) • The hunt is
Continue reading …Welcome to First Look, our daily roundup of early-bird news: • Hurricane Irene may be a category 4 storm when it hits Florida on Friday. (Miami Herald) • Allegations of teacher-sanctioned cheating are on the rise in New York City. (New York Times) • Philadelphia’s school superintendent is stepping down with a $900,000 buy-out. (Washington Times) • The hunt is
Continue reading …Amid bleak economic growth and unemployment, the stock market swoon, and the downgrade of the credit rating of the federal government, the fear of a dreaded double-dip recession–or even of a 21st-century Great Depression–has been taking hold. But a rough consensus among economists may be starting to emerge. According to this line of thinking, although
Continue reading …A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Mineral, Virginia, 87 miles outside of Washington, D.C., today. You can see the White House during the quake as the Secret Service walks on its roof in the video above. Shaking could be felt from Toronto to New York and all the way to North Carolina at close to 2 p.m.
Continue reading …People who started college in 2002 but never finished lost $3.8 billion in potential earnings last year, according to a new report. America’s colleges do not do a good job on average of retaining students, getting them to graduate on time, or even to graduate at all. Only slightly more than half of all people
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