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Walker, Karen – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2007
While fiscal resources continue to dwindle, the mandates of NCLB have placed restraints on those who can be hired and schools are expected to continue to do more to meet the intellectual, social and emotional needs of students, what can be done to realistically help meet the increasing demands? Developing and maintaining partnerships with a…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Stakeholders, School Community Relationship, Guides
Williamson, Ronald – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2010
The recession has impacted American families and the schools their children attend like nothing in recent memory. Many families continue to struggle with the impact of joblessness. The number of homeless children and youth is staggering. Families struggle with access to health care, growing hunger and greater instability in the family unit.…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Principals, Disadvantaged Youth, Homeless People
Williamson, Ronald – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2009
Little research is available specifically about grading practices in mathematics classrooms. However, there is research about grading practices in high schools, across content areas. Since their first use students, parents and others have assumed that grades are reliable measures of student achievement. "In short, most Americans have a basic trust…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Grades (Scholastic), Grading, Mathematics Instruction
Bleyaert, Barbara – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2009
What is the relationship between retention, drop-out and graduation rates? Retention of low-achieving students is one of the most controversial and complex issues educational leaders face, despite a half century of research that has shown consistently that any gains in achievement are short-lived, and the long-term effects for retained students…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Social Promotion, Achievement Gains, Graduation Rate
Muir, Mike – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2004
No Child Left Behind is one of several factors motivating more and more high schools to work with their students to stay on track to graduating within four years. Unfortunately, research shows that neither by themselves works especially well: retention and social promotion are expensive failures. They are ineffective in improving student learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Students, Grade Repetition, Dropouts