ERIC Number: ED511117
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Jun-26
Pages: 8
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress. Volume 6, Number 13
Amos, Jason, Ed.
Alliance for Excellent Education
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Sitting at Home on Graduation Day: New Report Says that 1.2 Million Students From the Class of 2006 Failed to Graduate with Classmates; (2) More Grad Rate Calculations: NCES Finds Slight Improvement in National Graduation Rate, Continued Discrepancies in State-Reported Rates; (3) Lessons from the Alabama Reading Initiative: Report Offers Advice to States and School Districts on Starting an Adolescent Reading Program; and (4) "Transforming High School Teaching and Learning": Focus on Teaching and Curriculum is Necessary to Improve High School Achievement According to Report. (Contains 1 footnote.)
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Reading Programs, Academic Achievement, Reading Instruction, Public Education, Educational Policy, Dropouts, Student Attrition, High Schools, Educational Improvement, Core Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum, Teacher Effectiveness, College Preparation, College Bound Students, School Readiness, Educational Change, High School Students, Adolescents
Alliance for Excellent Education. 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 901, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-828-0828; Fax: 202-828-0821; Web site: http://www.all4ed.org
Publication Type: Collected Works - Serial; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Elementary Secondary Education; High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: Parents; Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Alliance for Excellent Education
Identifiers - Location: Alabama; Hawaii
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