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Cortes, Kalena; Nomi, Takako; Goodman, Joshua – Education Next, 2013
In 2008, president-elect Barack Obama declared that preparing the nation for the "21st-century economy" required making "math and science education a national priority." Encouraging more students to take advanced classes seems laudable, but concerns have arisen about the ability of many students to complete such course work…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Minority Group Students, Algebra, Mathematics Skills
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Hoxby, Caroline M.; Rockoff, Jonah E. – Education Next, 2005
Supporters believe that the flexibility granted these new public schools allows them to be more innovative and responsive to student needs than traditional public schools are. But do students in charter schools learn more than their counterparts in traditional public schools? In order to answer this question, the authors have analyzed established…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Charter Schools, Public Schools, Educational Innovation