Philadelphia’s Renaissance Schools at 18 Months

ΩCan chronically low-performing schools dramatically improve in a short period of time? That was the question that the Renaissance Schools Initiative – Philadelphia’s approach to the turnaround school reform model – sought to answer when it was implemented in 2009.Eighteen months into the Initiative,...

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The Human Side of Portfolio School District Reform

ΩThis study examines the politics of portfolio school district reform, with a primary focus on the issues surrounding high school closures. The authors take an in-depth look at how school closure policies have played out in four urban districts—New York City, Chicago, Denver, and Oakland—and offer a...

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Romantic Panentheism, a review of One Thousand Gifts

Romantic Panentheism: A Review of One Thousand Gifts by Ann VoskampCritical Issues Commentary, Issue 120by Christian researcher and apologist, Bob DeWaay; reprinted with permissionIf I were to write this review in the style Ann Voskamp used in writing...

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Middle School Teacher Support Lowers Risk for Early Alcohol Use

ΩAnxiety, depression, stress and social support can predict early alcohol and illicit drug use in youth, according to a study from Carolyn McCarty, PhD, of Seattle Children’s Research Institute, and researchers from the University of Washington and Seattle University. Middle school students from the...

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Getting in rhythm helps children grasp fractions

Ω Tapping out a beat may help children learn difficult fraction concepts, according to new findings due to be published in the journal Educational Studies in Mathematics. An innovative curriculum uses rhythm to teach fractions at a California school where students in a music-based program scored...

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High school math teachers show gender bias

ΩDo some high school teachers think math is harder for girls than boys? The authors of a new study say yes.Researchers looked at student grades, test scores and how teachers rated their students' abilities. They found that while on average teachers rate minority students lower than their white male...

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