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News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
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20 September 2014
Seattle, Washington, United States
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800-1500 Words
Universal preschool is a policy that is often hard to pass on voter referendums. But, as evidenced by examples in Detroit and New York, such an investment means that more children would do well in kindergarten, fewer ...
14 July 2014
Mercer Island, Washington, United States
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1500-3000 Words
In the Renton School District, teachers found that only a very few fifth-graders could solve problems with the skill that, in other schools, was common in third or even second grade. So they turned math lessons into c...
27 April 2014
Auburn, Washington, United States
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1500-3000 Words
As school poverty rates goes up, learning and test scores fall. At Gildo Ray elementary school in Washington state uses a teaching method called director or explicit instruction, in which children learn from a structu...
1 March 2014
Seattle, Washington, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Several dozen schools across the country are participating in an experiment to determine whether project-based learning in lieu of lecture-only instruction can improve student outcomes on Advanced Placement tests. Man...
8 December 2013
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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1500-3000 Words
A lot of research backs the notion that parents play an important role in the academic success of their children, and their children’s schools. While too much parent involvement can cause problems, as happens in some ...
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