Entries for the 'The Mission is Proficiency' Category

In 2000, the city of Baltimore was home to two men who shared the same name - Wes Moore - but who were on distinctly different paths.  Despite th...

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Eighty-five percent of poor 4th graders in predominantly low-income schools are failing to reach “proficient” levels in reading on federal tests, ac...

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President and Founder of The Efficacy Institute, Jeff Howard, is chairing a task force to address the "proficiency gap" in Massachusetts; yesterday th...

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100% of the senior class at Chicago's only all-male, all African-American high school is accepted to universities—learn more about their inspirational...

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Jaime Escalante, the Bolivian-born educator who taught advanced math and calculus to students at one of LA's most troubled high schools died on Tuesda...

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The 2009 NAEP Reading results show little improvement; read a summary of the results from EdWeek (includes links to NAEP reports and findings). Click...

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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has vowed to bring renewed focus to the Education Department's Office of Civil Rights, announcing his goals on the ...

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America's educational advantage is quickly eroding, testified one of the world's foremost experts on comparing national school systems before a Senate...

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Sam Dillon details for The New York Times the federal Department of Education's plan to bring a revitalized focus to civil rights enforcement. Click ...

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