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• The stubborn persistence of the achievement gap

  Though racial gaps in test score performance and in other student achievement measures are the shame of the nation, history suggests they are by no means inevitable.

• Research roundup: A blizzard of new findings

  That snow day? Perfect for making snowmen, staying home in pajamas, or … reading education research! Someone had to do it, and “Insight” made the sacrifice.

• City to ELL teachers: Sink or swim

  A special set of skills is required to teach English Language Learners. The problem is these skills are not widely taught, they aren’t easy to apply and, in far too many instances, the DOE’s hands-off approach to instruction leaves teachers of ELLs to learn them by trial and error.

• Hard times and special education

  If you can judge a society by how it treats its most vulnerable members, then one way to judge a school system is by how it treats its special education students.

• What it’s going to take

  Many teachers have children on their rosters who are chronically absent. The teacher follows procedures, makes the proper reports and talks with the student when she or he does show up. But beyond these steps, teachers often face a locked door. The child is slipping from their hands, and there is little they can do.

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