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Direct linkRose, Mike – Phi Delta Kappan, 2013
This is an excerpt from "Back to School: Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education" (The New Press, 2012). It concludes that GED programs need more resources, not less. The programs tend to be populated by low-to-modest income people who failed school the first time around and now are considered less worthy of investment. GED…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Educational Resources, Graduation Rate, Academic Standards
Download full textArguelles, Lourdes; Daugherty, Alane – Claremont Graduate University (NJ1), 2006
It is well known among scholars and practitioners that stress and anxiety responses are genuine scientifically measurable reactions to a perceived stressor. It is also common knowledge that high levels of stress and anxiety have a multitude of negative psycho-physiological effects. These effects can contribute to the development of depression and…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Depression (Psychology), Stress Variables, Test Anxiety
Jorgenson, Olaf; Smith, Steven H. – Principal, 2002
Describes how two low-achieving, high-poverty school districts raised the test scores of their students. The El Centro school district's inquiry-science approach raised elementary science test scores, as well as mathematics and reading scores. Twin Falls improved test scores by adopting the Standardized Timed Curriculum, which involved components…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Low Achievement
