Introduction
Stephan Howell, 18, dropped out of his Indianapolis high school after several suspensions for fighting. Approximately half of all African-American high-school students fail to graduate. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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African-American and Hispanic students — largely in urban schools — lag far behind white students, who mostly attend middle-class suburban schools. Critics argue that when Congress reauthorizes the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), it must retarget the legislation to help urban schools tackle tough problems, such as encouraging the best teachers to enter and remain in high-poverty schools, rather than focusing on tests and sanctions. Some advocates propose busing students across district lines to create more socioeconomically diverse student bodies. But conservative analysts argue that busing wastes students' time and that permitting charter schools to compete with public schools will drive improvement. Meanwhile, liberal analysts point out that successful charter programs are too costly for most schools to emulate, and that no one has yet figured out how to spread success beyond a handful of schools, public or private.
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Jan. 27, 2023 |
Deaths of Despair |
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Sep. 23, 2022 |
Public Schools' Challenges |
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Aug. 12, 2022 |
Parents' Rights |
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Apr. 01, 2022 |
Online Learning |
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Jan. 21, 2022 |
Teaching About Racism |
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Oct. 01, 2021 |
COVID-19 and Children |
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Jun. 11, 2021 |
Special Education |
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Jun. 21, 2019 |
Title IX and Campus Sexual Assault |
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May 17, 2019 |
School Safety |
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Feb. 02, 2018 |
Bullying and Cyberbullying |
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Feb. 03, 2017 |
Civic Education |
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Sep. 05, 2014 |
Race and Education |
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Jun. 13, 2014 |
Dropout Rate |
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May 09, 2014 |
School Discipline |
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Mar. 07, 2014 |
Home Schooling |
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Dec. 02, 2011 |
Digital Education |
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Nov. 15, 2011 |
Expanding Higher Education |
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Dec. 10, 2010 |
Preventing Bullying  |
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Apr. 16, 2010 |
Revising No Child Left Behind |
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Mar. 26, 2010 |
Teen Pregnancy |
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Sep. 04, 2009 |
Financial Literacy |
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Jun. 05, 2009 |
Student Rights |
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Feb. 22, 2008 |
Reading Crisis? |
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Jul. 13, 2007 |
Students Under Stress |
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Apr. 27, 2007 |
Fixing Urban Schools  |
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Nov. 10, 2006 |
Video Games  |
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Mar. 03, 2006 |
AP and IB Programs |
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Oct. 07, 2005 |
Academic Freedom |
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Aug. 26, 2005 |
Evaluating Head Start |
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May 27, 2005 |
No Child Left Behind |
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Jan. 17, 2003 |
Home Schooling Debate |
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Sep. 06, 2002 |
Teaching Math and Science |
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Jun. 07, 2002 |
Grade Inflation |
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Dec. 07, 2001 |
Distance Learning |
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Apr. 20, 2001 |
Testing in Schools |
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May 14, 1999 |
National Education Standards |
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Apr. 10, 1998 |
Liberal Arts Education |
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Jul. 26, 1996 |
Attack on Public Schools |
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May 17, 1996 |
Year-Round Schools |
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Oct. 20, 1995 |
Networking the Classroom |
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Sep. 22, 1995 |
High School Sports |
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Jan. 20, 1995 |
Parents and Schools |
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Sep. 09, 1994 |
Home Schooling |
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Mar. 25, 1994 |
Private Management of Public Schools |
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Mar. 11, 1994 |
Education Standards |
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Apr. 09, 1993 |
Head Start |
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Nov. 30, 1990 |
Conflict Over Multicultural Education |
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Feb. 05, 1988 |
Preschool: Too Much Too Soon? |
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Oct. 23, 1987 |
Education Reform |
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Aug. 24, 1984 |
Status of the Schools |
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Sep. 10, 1982 |
Schoolbook Controversies |
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Sep. 03, 1982 |
Post-Sputnik Education |
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Aug. 18, 1978 |
Competency Tests |
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Jan. 26, 1972 |
Public School Financing |
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Nov. 03, 1971 |
Education for Jobs |
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Apr. 15, 1970 |
Reform of Public Schools |
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Aug. 27, 1969 |
Discipline in Public Schools |
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Dec. 27, 1968 |
Community Control of Public Schools |
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Jun. 14, 1965 |
Summer School Innovations |
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Oct. 28, 1964 |
Education of Slum Children |
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Jun. 05, 1963 |
Year-Round School |
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Mar. 28, 1962 |
Mentally Retarded Children |
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Dec. 17, 1958 |
Educational Testing |
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Sep. 25, 1957 |
Liberal Education |
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Jul. 11, 1956 |
Educational Exchange |
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Feb. 02, 1955 |
Federal Aid for School Construction |
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Mar. 07, 1951 |
Education in an Extended Emergency |
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Nov. 20, 1945 |
Postwar Public Education |
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Nov. 07, 1941 |
Standards of Education |
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