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Study: Outcomes of Students in Policy Debate Programs Linked to ELA Improvements and Postsecondary Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The study – published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) – examined data of students in Boston Public Schools during the 2007–08 to 2017–18 school years, of which 3,515 took part in the Boston Debate League.

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Study: Third-Grade Retention Has Positive Effects for Student Outcomes

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Holding students back a year may have its benefits, according to a recent study published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). According to the study, Indiana’s grade retention policy was in effect from the 2011-2012 through 2016-2017 school years.

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Anti-Racist Teachers: Disrupting Resegregation [Overrepresentation] in Special Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Minorities are disproportionately underrepresented in special education: Longitudinal evidence across five disability conditions. Educational Researcher , 44 , 278–292. Are Black children disproportionately overrepresented in special education? Educational Researcher, 46, 6, 305-322. Strassfeld, N.,

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Lifting As They Climb

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The American Educational Research Association (AERA) was no exception. Dr. Linda Darling- Hammond The leadership of the national research society that strives to advance knowledge about education and currently boasts a membership of about 25,000 scholars — remained exclusively white until the 1990s. Dr. Joyce E.

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Black Students Less Likely Identified for Special Ed When They Have Black Teachers

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Black students in elementary school, particularly Black boys, are less likely to be identified for special education when their teachers are also Black, according to a new report published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Most teachers are not Black.”

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Reconciling Contrasting Findings on Perceptions of Higher Ed

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The Columbia study, which had the more positive results, showed that perceptions of higher ed have declined since the researchers did a similar survey in 2017: there was a seven-point decrease in the percentage of Americans who saw public spending on higher ed as an excellent or good investment. But the differences are still stark.

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Spotlighting Rural Communities

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Means Title: Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh Age: 39 Education: B.A., counselor education (student affairs), Clemson University; and Ph.D., sociology and political science, Elon University; M.Ed., I want to continue to disrupt monolithic perspectives about rural communities.”

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