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‘Where’s the district going wrong?’: HISD’s top graduates say inequity persists in college readiness
Houston ISD data shows wide disparities in college readiness by high school campus, leaving even the district’s top 2024 ...
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As Congress considers cuts to SNAP, we address 8 questions about this U.S. nutrition program
Here's important background info and research to bolster news coverage of potential reductions in federal spending on the ...
Arkansas 1 of 2 states listed as having ‘comprehensive, coherent’ approach to elementary math instruction
While all states need to do a better job of preparing and supporting elementary school educators to teach math, Arkansas ...
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Fostering and Measuring Skills: Improving Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills to Promote Lifetime Success
This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting ... High-quality early childhood and elementary school programs improve character skills in a lasting and cost-effective way. Many of ...
Simple storytelling boosts financial literacy, study finds
A program that taught basic financial concepts through two-minute stories improved adults' financial knowledge, showing ...
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Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission
pCenter for Innovative Care in Aging, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MA, USA qDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MA, USA rDepartment of ...