Newsroom
Grading the Teachers
Who's teaching L.A.'s kids?
Thursday August 19, 2010
In Los Angeles and across the country, education officials have long known of the often huge disparities among teachers. They've seen the indelible effects, for good and ill, on children. But rather than analyze and address these disparities, they have opted mostly to ignore them.
A Times analysis, using data largely ignored by LAUSD, looks at which educators help students learn, and which hold them back.
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Study Finds New York Has Lowest Grad Rate for Black Males
Wednesday August 18, 2010
New York City has one of the lowest graduation rates for black males of any city, according to a new report by the Cambridge-based Schott Foundation for Publc Education. Only 28 percent of the city's black males graduated on time with Regents diplomas in 2008 compared to 50 percent of white males. That's a gap of 22 points.
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From no home to White House
City woman praised at D.C. launch of push against homelessness
Sunday August 01, 2010
Warmsley is among four young people whose fight to secure stable housing was featured in an April story in The Dispatch.
She and Angela Lariviere, director of the Youth Empowerment Program at the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, were asked to attend the launch of a plan that aims to prevent and end homelessness for families, veterans and youths in five to 10 years.
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Student Achievement Plummets on New York State Exams
Saturday July 31, 2010
After years of steady improvement, it now appears that test scores have fallen in New York State. The percentage of elementary and middle school students passing the annual math and reading tests has dropped by double digits.
