The black children just seem to learn the words somewhat later. ... On the hand, Test scores continue to climb in urban school districts, some of which are making greater gains on math and reading assessments than their state averages, a report concludes. ... Gains were made in about 87 percent of all grades tested in math and 76 percent of all grades tested in reading in those districts, the analysis found. Roughly 44 percent of all grades tested in the urban districts increased their reading scores faster than the average in their states, while 43 percent did so in math. ... Summarizing...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

And in the late 1700's or early 1800's, women began to protest about the unfairness of not getting an education. ... A local woman of no high education who teach the children basics, like counting, their ABC's, simple reading and writing, and daily chores around the house (or in at a farm). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Those included the domains, which were basically the topics the students would focus on for a certain amount of time and all their subjects (math, reading, writing, etc.) would all have to do with that one topic (i.e. the four seasons). ... The second rug was in the reading area. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Hundreds of lawsuits later, black and white students were bused back and forth to desegregated schools in cities across the United States. ... On September 20, Judge Davies granted an injunction against Governor Faubus and three days later the group of nine students returned to Central High School. ... Desegregation increased continually from the 1950's to the late 1980's. ...

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The same $7 million that proponents wish to use for up to 2,000 students in the District of Columbia to attend private school could be more responsibly spent by using the proven Success For All reading program in every public elementary school in the city plus 70 after-school enrichment programs. ...

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Since the 1970s, Mexican-Americans in the United States have been identified as apathetic, indifferent, and disinterested in the process of attaining an education. Many Americans point to the high Mexican-American drop-out rates and the low number of Mexican-American professionals as a confirmation...

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The foundations of schooling as we know it are built on a classist society and the effects of this foundation trickle down and remain to be a part of the society and schooling system we are still locked into in the late nineties. ... This is an area I will go into in more detail later. ... I attended O"Sullivan Beach Primary School located in the South of Adelaide in the late 70's. ...

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Students were drilled in their education of reading, writing, arithmetic, history, geography, English grammar and composition, object lessons, vocal music, elementary science and drawing (The Education Act, 1877). ... Two years later, Fraser who was now the Acting Prime Minister, stated all children 'whether he be rich or poor, whether he live in town or country, has...

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