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Mathematics What Happened When A District Put Struggling 69´«Ã½ in Regular Algebra?
In de-tracked classes with specially trained teachers, some struggling students saw their performance accelerate.
Sarah Schwartz, October 17, 2024
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English Learners What 69´«Ã½ Can Do So They Don't Exclude English Learners From Core Courses
Data from two states show that certain English learners tend to have less access to core academic courses they need to graduate.
Ileana Najarro, September 18, 2024
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Equity & Diversity Opinion We Can End Academic Tracking Fast—Or We Can Do It Right
Eliminating ability grouping can give students better opportunities, but teachers must be ready to get students to grade-level standards.
Miriam Plotinsky, June 14, 2024
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Tight crop of junior-high students' desks during a math class at school with paperwork showing math problems.
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Mathematics Math Tracking Starts as Early as Elementary School, a New Study Finds
Most principals also report that not all students have the opportunity to take Algebra I, new data show.
Sarah Schwartz, February 7, 2024
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Mathematics San Francisco Insisted on Algebra in 9th Grade. Did It Improve Equity?
The policy change improved access to some courses. But racial inequities at the most advanced levels of math remain largely unchanged.
Sarah Schwartz, March 20, 2023
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Special Report Uprooting Inequities
What does it take for schools to move from embracing the goals of equity to enacting concrete steps that actually change the schooling experience for students who are black, Hispanic, and from low-income families?
March 4, 2020
Tina Lawson, a lawyer whose children attended schools in the Upper Dublin school district in suburban Philadelphia, helped organize a group of black parents to pursue legal action against the district for steering black students into low-level courses and applying uneven discipline rates for students of color.
Tina Lawson, a lawyer whose children attended schools in the Upper Dublin school district in suburban Philadelphia, helped organize a group of black parents to pursue legal action against the district for steering black students into low-level courses and applying uneven discipline rates for students of color.
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Families & the Community Black Parents Force District to End Academic Tracking
Fed up with their district’s unmet pledges to stop steering African American students into low-level classes, parents take action.
Denisa R. Superville, March 3, 2020
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Equity & Diversity Opinion A Quick But Important Test for How Your School Perceives 69´«Ã½
And four strategies for fixing the underlying problems most often laid bare, from Great 69´«Ã½ Partnership’s Craig Kesselheim.
Craig Kesselheim, January 21, 2020
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Curriculum A Bold Effort to End Algebra Tracking Shows Promise
But will reductions in course-failure rates be enough to sustain the controversial San Francisco program?
Stephen Sawchuk, June 12, 2018
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Education CTQ Collaboratory From Tracking to on Track: How One Teacher Transformed Math Education for His 69´«Ã½
When teachers recognize a problem in the school system, they have a responsibility to advocate for change, writes Nick Tutolo. Here’s how he changed his school’s policy on advanced math classes.
Nick Tutolo, October 18, 2017
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Education Opinion What's So Bad About Tracking?
69´«Ã½ are not being shortchanged by tracking when it is implemented at the appropriate level.
Walt Gardner, April 29, 2016
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Curriculum Letter to the Editor Poverty, Low-Tracking, and the Role of Differentiation
To the Editor:
I am in agreement with Carol Ann Tomlinson's reply to James R. Delisle on differentiated instruction ("Differentiation Doesn't Work," Jan. 7, 2015, and "To the Contrary: Differentiation Does Work," Jan. 28, 2015).
February 24, 2015
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Student Achievement Leader To Learn From High Expectations and Access to Rigor Define a N.Y. Educator's Career
Rockville Centre, N.Y., Superintendent William H. Johnson steadfastly elevates learning standards and opportunities for all students. He is recognized as a 2015 Leader To Learn From.
Andrew Ujifusa, February 24, 2015
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Equity & Diversity Letter to the Editor Failed Tracking Practices Led to New Instruction Methods
To the Editor:
I read with interest James R. Delisle's Commentary on the failure of differentiated instruction. I think the need for differentiated instruction came as a result of the failures of tracking.
January 20, 2015
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