In the past few decades American education focused very heavily on reading comprehension as the path to learning, while writing received relatively less attention. The negative results of this trend have been chronicled for a long time. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) writing exam, last given in 2002, showed that 69% of 8th graders…
Read MoreThe link between low educational achievement and incarceration is clear. About 75% of inmates in state prisons did not obtain a high school diploma (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2003). Students who drop out of high school are by some studies up to eight times more likely than high school graduates to end up in jail…
Read More(Reprinted from the Gainesville Sun, June 19th, 2013) LOWELL RECEPTION CENTER — The room of cinderblock walls painted a pale yellow with a bank of computers on one wall and books on the other could be a school anywhere. But the students were in light blue prison scrubs, and the room was carved out of…
Read MoreNew Century Education and Juvenile Justice Detention Alternatives New Century Education Foundation (Montclair, NJ) is a not-for-profit publisher of educational software that is research based and uniquely designed to diagnose and remediate students and adults with deep skill gaps in their education. In Alabama, New Century works with the Special Program for Achievement Network (SPAN)…
Read MoreThe results are in, and two Camelot Excel Academies in Philadelphia have increased math and reading test scores. From the data collected from the 2011–2012 academic school year, the average student at Excel Academy North raised his or her math grade level by 4.1 years. Generally, 77 percent of students rose by two grade levels.…
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