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Articles 1-27 out of 27 article(s) Title Author Type Date Words Education reform/raising achievement. Nov 17, 2006 396 Hope at Hamilton College. Oct 1, 2006 1719 Raising student achievement. Brief article Aug 14, 2006 241 What the FDA can teach us about evaluating programs. Schrag, Francis K. Column Apr 1, 2006 852 Homeschooling alone: why corporate reformers are ignoring the real revolution in education. Beato, Greg Apr 1, 2005 4548 School performance matters. Hanushek, Eric A. Apr 1, 2005 534 The rise of the 'elemiddle' school: not every K-8 school truly applies best middle-level practices and deserves the designation. Hough, David L. Mar 1, 2005 3014 Failure Is Not an Option. Smette, David Brief Article Mar 1, 2005 247 Feminism's final frontier: cyberspace. Johnson, Judy A. Dec 22, 2004 3931 Not so grand a strategy: A National at Risk emphasized the importance of learning so-called "higher-order skills" in the early grades. But even chess grand masters need to learn the basics first. (Feature). Hirsch, E.D., Jr. Mar 22, 2003 2534 The least common denominator: the effort to push underprepared students into academic courses has driven the rigor out of many textbooks and classrooms. (Feature). Clopton, Paul Mar 22, 2003 1401 Accountability unplugged: the nation doesn't yet know whether accountability-based reforms will work, because they have barely been tried. (Feature). Walberg, Herbert J. Mar 22, 2003 1820 Ignoring the market: A Nation at Risk virtually overlooked school choice, education's most promising reform strategy. (Feature). Chubb, John E. Mar 22, 2003 2092 Lost opportunity: increased economic growth, fueled by improvements in student performance, might have funded the nation's entire K-12 education budget by now. (Feature). Hanushek, Eric A. Mar 22, 2003 2026 The erosion continues: an education system soaked in mediocrity. (From the Editors). Editorial Mar 22, 2003 722 Our schools our future are we still at risk? (Forum). Walberg, Herbert J. Mar 22, 2003 4106 Leftover business: that the nation is still debating--and has yet to address--many of the issues raised by A Nation at Risk is a testament to its prescience. (Forum). Goldberg, Milton Mar 22, 2003 2068 The long haul: it will take prolonged effort and more than just school reforms to boos student achievement. (Forum). Graham, Patricia Albjerg Mar 22, 2003 2014 The test of time: A Nation at Risk was an historic document--for its time. Now we know that while its findings were dead on, its reform agenda relied too much on the existing system. (Feature). Ravitch, Diane Mar 22, 2003 3742 Ticket to nowhere: in the wake of A Nation at Risk, educators pledged to focus anew on student achievement. Two decades later, little progress has been made. (Feature). Peterson, Paul E. Mar 22, 2003 3727 Tough words elicit NCLB defense. (Government spotlight: the latest news about education from the U.S. government). Silverman, Fran Brief Article Jan 1, 2003 200 Closing the gap: the Education Trust's recipe for meeting new federal standards on student achievement. Haycock, Kati Aug 1, 2002 3365 Should students do the grading? The Supreme Court says the practice doesn't violate a student's right to privacy, but is it right for students to grade each other? (opinion). Brown, Nick Apr 8, 2002 585 TIMMS: tired of criticism about your schools' math and science test scores? Find out how these U.S. schools are boosting their results. Pascopella, Angela Oct 1, 2001 2770 Distractions in a Season of Accountability. MILLS, RICHARD P. Brief Article Jun 1, 2001 790 Aim higher: recent history shows that black students' test scores can be raised - if we aim higher. Lerner, Barbara Mar 6, 1995 3359 Tennessee's schools get performance goals. Owen, Sidney Sep 22, 1992 888