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We Have Fought Racial Segregation Before, We Can Fight Racial Segregation Again. Statement before the Rhode Island State Legislature
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American Enterprise Institute, 2021
In this statement to the Rhode Island State Legislature, Ian Rowe presents a case for education equality. He acknowledges that America is not perfect, but there is a need to confront the inequities faced united rather than divided. In preparing for this testimony, he pulled 8th grade NAEP reading proficiency scores for Rhode Island students since…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Equal Education, National Competency Tests, Racial Segregation
An Exploration of the Relationship between School Poverty Rates and Students' Perceptions of Empowerment: Student-Staff Relationships, Equitable Roles, & Classroom Sense of Community
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Nisle, Stephanie; Anyon, Yolanda – Applied Developmental Science, 2023
This study explores the association between school-level poverty rates and young peoples' perceptions of student empowerment, drawing on survey and administrative data from a large urban district. Participants included 29,318 diverse youth in grades 6-12 from 211 schools. We used multilevel linear regression models to estimate the relationships…
Descriptors: Poverty, Secondary School Students, Urban Schools, Student Attitudes
The Where and Why of Accelerated Middle-School Mathematics
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Peters, Scott J.; Carter, James A. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2023
Students in any grade level vary widely in their mathematics achievement, with the typical classroom including four to seven grade levels of mathematics proficiency. Due to this large range of mathematics learning needs, some schools offer certain courses in earlier grades than is typical. In this study, we analyzed multiple, large, national…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Grade 8, Algebra, Geometry