Most Recent Articles from American Education

• Glossary of ED guide terms 

  Glossary of ED Guide Terms Bypass. When a public education agency fails to provide services authorized by federal law, the Secretary of Education...

  03/01/85 · More from publication

• An investigation of school desegregation and its effects on black student achievement 

  The National Institute of Education (NIE) has just published a collection of papers that will shed a great deal of light on one of the great social...

  12/01/84 by Thomas R. Ascik · More from publication

• Educating for liberty 

  The President's belief that education should be a vehicle to transmit values and strengthen our democracy is shared by the great majority of the...

  12/01/84 by Gary L. Bauer · More from publication

• Turning around the Boston schools 

  In the summer of 1981, the Boston public school system was financially at a low ebb. As part of a severe budget crunch related to Proposition...

  12/01/84 by Robert R. Spillane · More from publication

• Understanding underachievers 

  When 15-year-old Seth came home with all A's and B's on his report card, his parents weren't just pleased and proud, they were truly ecstatic. For...

  12/01/84 by Flora Davis · More from publication

• High school reentry 

  Although many high school dropouts leave school permanently, some droptouts later reenter school. Approximately 10 percent of the sophomores who...

  12/01/84 by Richard E. Whalen · More from publication

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