Explaining charter school effectiveness
…In addition, schools that began as charters were found to have better results than those that started as traditional public schools and later became charters. Tags: municipal, children, charter schools…
…In addition, schools that began as charters were found to have better results than those that started as traditional public schools and later became charters. Tags: municipal, children, charter schools…
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…willing to work in inner city schools, and the marginal cost per student of the reforms, which many public schools cannot afford. Keywords: inequality, children, African-American, poverty, race, charter schools…
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…incidence of NAS and its related health care expenditures call for increased public health measures to reduce antenatal exposure to opiates across the United States.” Tags: children, parenting, drugs, addiction…
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…subgroups. The increase in poverty since 2006 has been greater among Hispanics and African Americans than among Whites, greater among children than among the elderly, and greater among female-headed households…
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…the result of the exclusion of boys and older youth. “Cell phone ownership and having a television or computer in one’s room had little direct association with children’s socioemotional well-being.”…
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…educators, parents, and other adults can learn of ways to leverage or encourage the development of youths’ positive social interactions online.” A 2013 report from the Crimes Against Children Research…
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…students … [D]espite the claim that 88-90% of the children attending [leading] charters go on to college, their Black secondary student attrition rate surpasses that of peer urban districts.” The…
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…number of nonhelmeted children suffered from skull and craniofacial fractures. In one study, more than two-thirds of participants classified themselves as “cautious” on the slopes, but they were no more…
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…suggest that a “balanced approach” be taken when communicating the risks and benefits of fish consumption as well as breastfeeding. Keywords: children, parenting, pollution, neurotoxins, pregnancy, pregnant, body burden, plastics…
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…implications of disclosures. The survey estimates that only 39% of parents of teens using social networking sites have helped their children adjust privacy settings. A 2012 study published in Social…
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