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Posted December 10, 2008 October 2008 - Draft Recommendations, Legislative Commission To End Poverty in Minnesota by 2020. at > For Parents > At School > Achievement Gap > Children's Well-Being Posted December 5, 2008 November - December 2008 - Beth Hawkins and Cynthia Boyd of MinnPost: Five Part Series on Desegregation - In 1972, segregation in Minneapolis schools was so grave a federal judge ordered the city to begin busing students to achieve racial balance. Thirty-six years and several attempted reforms later, Twin Cities-area schools are more segregated than ever. at > For Parents > At School > Achievement Gap > About Both > Community Reform Posted December 2, 2008 Updated Local Government It used to be local government’s primary role in education was to create and refine funding mechanisms, most often property or real estate taxes, but efforts to improve equity — the right of all children to have equal access to educational resources no matter where they live — have led to an increased state role in education funding (not necessarily increased dollars, just a greater percentage of the source of dollars). For more information, see Parents United on Equity & Adequacy. Today, there's a growing awareness that it will take a community-wide commitment to Close the Achievement Gap and deliver a 21st Century Education to ALL Minnesota students. Minnesota Local Government Learning Initiatives City of Saint Paul Education: Ready for School, Ready for Life - Cities have a role in the development of young people and that the city’s future economic stability and quality of life depends on our ability to connect young people to meaningful learning experiences. Hennepin County Accelerating Graduation by Reducing Achievement Disparities (A-GRAD) - Ensuring the educational success of all County children ages 0-21.
at > Roles & Responsibilities > Student-Centered Accountability > Introduction > Community > Local Government June 2008 - High-Achieving Students in the Era of NCLB - The concern about a Robin Hood effect, in which students at the bottom of the achievement distribution make gains at the expense of high achievers, is not substantiated by NAEP data, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation. at > For Parents > At School > Achievement Gap > Student Achievement > MN Achievement Gap > NAEP Updated links at > Roles & Responsibilities > Developmental Assets Posted December 1, 2008 February 2008 - After School Programs in the 21st Century: Their Potential and What it Takes to Achieve It - Does participation in after school programs make a difference, and, if so what conditions appear to be necessary to achieve positive results?, Harvard Family Research Project. Posted November 28, 2008 November 2008 - Failed Promises: Assessing Charter Schools in the Twin Cities - After two decades of experience, most charter schools in the Twin Cities still underperform comparable traditional public schools and intensify racial and economic segregation in the Twin Cities schools, University of Minnesota Institute on Race & Poverty. at > For Parents > At School > Achievement Gap > About Both > Community Reform > Additional Resources Posted November 19, 2008 October 2008 - Immigration: Data Matters - A guide to finding and using the most accurate and up-to-date immigration data, Migration Policy Institute and Population Reference Bureau. and Ethnic Trends - The dynamic power of ethnic capital, Dr. Bruce Corrie, Concordia University, Saint Paul. at > For Parents > In the Community > Cultural Communities > Multicultural Resources Posted November 12, 2008 September 2007 - Education at a Glance 2007: OECD Briefing Note for the United States (Full Report; Table of Contents), OECD. at > For Parents > At School > Achievement Gap > Student Achievement > International Comparisons > OECD Posted November 11, 2008 November 2008 - A Counseling Dilemma - Minnesota has our nation's second highest student-to-school counselor ratio. That's why counselors didn't find new results by the Minnesota Minority Education Partnership surprising: The achievement gap is as vast as it ever was, Minnesota 2020. to > For Parents > At School > Achievement Gap > About Both > Parsing Saint Paul > Rigor of Curriculum Posted November 10, 2008 April 2008 - Where Minnesota Ranks on Various Measures of Child Well-Being, Every Child Matters Education Fund.
at > For Parents > At School > Achievement Gap > Children's Well-Being Posted October 3, 2008 July 2007 (Updated) - Can All Children Learn? - Not if they have been poisoned - Children exposed to lead have "increased reaction time" and "increased distractibility" plus "robust deficits in … reading, spelling, math and word recognition" because of an "inability to inhibit inappropriate responding" (misbehavior), "and inability to change response strategy" (learn). And the "behavioral mechanisms responsible for these deficits" are "congruent," meaning they are exactly the same as, "the behavioral processes identified as underlying the deficits inflicted by developmental lead exposure." In other words, scientists know lead exposure causes much of what politicians blame failing schools for, Arizona School Boards Association. at > Engaging Parents > Learning at School > Achievement Gap > About Both > Parsing Saint Paul > Public Health Issues > Lead Poisoning Posted September 23, 2008 Fall 2006 - U.S. Elementary and Secondary Schools: Equalizing Opportunity or Replicating the Status Quo? - Although education pays off handsomely in the United States, children from low-income families attain less education than children from more advantaged families. This article investigates why family background is so strongly linked to education, The Future of Children. Posted September 4, 2008 Legislative Commission To End Poverty in Minnesota by 2020 - Charter: Prepare recommendation on how to end poverty in Minnesota by 2020 (Meeting Archive).
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