Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress. Volume 6, Number 5

Sonst. Personen	Amos, Jason (Hrsg.)
Institution	Alliance for Excellent Education
Titel	Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress. Volume 6, Number 5
Quelle	(2006), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Graduation Rate; Dropouts; Budgets; High School Graduates; Reading Skills; Public Education; High Schools; Newsletters; Federal Government; Educational Finance; Interviews; High School Students; Economic Impact; College Preparation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Finanzhaushalt; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Öffentliche Erziehung; Bundesregierung; Bildungsfonds; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ökonomische Determinanten
Abstract	"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Education Budget Receives Chilly Reception in Senate Hearing: Education Secretary Defends Spending Cuts as Necessary; (2) "The Silent Epidemic": New Report Offers Solutions to Graduation Rate Crisis Based on Interviews with Dropouts; (3) Not Exactly a Drop in the Bucket: Alliance Analysis Finds that High School Dropouts Cost the Country $325 Billion in Lost Wages and Taxes; and (4) "Reading Between the Lines": New Report Finds Half of High School Graduates Lack Reading Skills to Succeed in College. (Contains 1 footnote.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10