Archive for October 2018 - Page 4
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October 02, 2018
Education champion gets a victory lap
(Calif.) The roots of Gov. Jerry Brown’s landmark school finance and accountability system go back more than 30 years and to Florida, where Mike Kirst and a colleague helped construct that state’s school finance program, which is still in use.
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October 02, 2018
Course recovery program aims to boost Minnesota grad rates
(Minn.) Minneapolis Public Schools are offering more classes during winter and spring breaks in order to give students more opportunities to recover missing credits and increase their chances of graduating on time.
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October 01, 2018
Brown’s LCFF experiment a rare school policy success
(Calif.) The LCFF is working. Gov. Jerry Brown’s landmark restructuring of school funding, a redistribution of close to $18 billion in tax money over just 8 years, is helping to improve student performance–at least so far.
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October 01, 2018
Researchers urge states to take serious look at attendance data
(District of Columbia) Schools struggling to close achievement gaps between student subgroups should take a deeper look at their attendance data, as new research has found linkage between absenteeism rates and some demographic factors such as race, ethnicity, language, and poverty and disability status.
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