/tags/achievement-gap Achievement gap en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:00:00 GMT /education/2024-01-22/st-louis-and-st-louis-county-naacp-launch-effort-to-raise-black-kids-literacy-rates The local chapters want to improve literacy rates in the region, launching the "Right to Read" campaign with a mission to get children — especially Black children — proficient in fourth grade reading by 2030. Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:00:00 GMT /education/2024-01-22/st-louis-and-st-louis-county-naacp-launch-effort-to-raise-black-kids-literacy-rates Andrea Y. Henderson /education/2020-05-15/rapid-shift-to-remote-learning-shows-gaps-in-digital-divide Lynn Weaks doesn’t have internet access at home. A smartphone, she said, “was basically all I had.”Her four children often stayed after school at Ashland… Fri, 15 May 2020 13:17:56 GMT /education/2020-05-15/rapid-shift-to-remote-learning-shows-gaps-in-digital-divide Ryan Delaney /education/2019-10-18/english-learners-make-gains-achievement-gap-persists-for-missouris-black-students How the Missouri education department measures student comprehension and school performance is complicated. The manual for determining a school’s… Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:23:15 GMT /education/2019-10-18/english-learners-make-gains-achievement-gap-persists-for-missouris-black-students Elle Moxley | KCUR /education/2017-10-15/report-low-income-students-in-metro-east-pass-tests-at-rates-well-behind-classmates Third-grader students who live in low-income homes underperformed their more well-off classmates by 50 percentage points in seven Illinois school… Mon, 16 Oct 2017 04:45:50 GMT /education/2017-10-15/report-low-income-students-in-metro-east-pass-tests-at-rates-well-behind-classmates /education/2016-03-22/st-louis-lags-far-behind-in-closing-low-income-student-achievement-gap Updated 2:38 p.m. March 30 with clarification from Education Cities organization: New data show that public schools in St. Louis and some area suburbs… Tue, 22 Mar 2016 21:02:56 GMT /education/2016-03-22/st-louis-lags-far-behind-in-closing-low-income-student-achievement-gap Dale Singer /education/2013-08-27/commentary-the-state-is-failing-the-students-who-cant-pass-its-tests This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 27, 2013 - “What we’re after is the causes for the failure in unaccredited districts, then what… Wed, 28 Aug 2013 01:37:17 GMT /education/2013-08-27/commentary-the-state-is-failing-the-students-who-cant-pass-its-tests Inda Schaenen /education/2012-08-20/commentary-school-takes-on-more-than-academics This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 20, 2012 - 'Tis the season for school. Classes are starting. Supplies have been purchased. It’s… Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:28:26 GMT /education/2012-08-20/commentary-school-takes-on-more-than-academics Kira Hudson Banks /education/2012-05-04/new-numbers-show-map-gap-between-deseg-students-and-blacks-in-city-schools This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 4, 2012 - Data available for the first time have confirmed what officials in charge of the area’s… Fri, 04 May 2012 20:30:49 GMT /education/2012-05-04/new-numbers-show-map-gap-between-deseg-students-and-blacks-in-city-schools Dale Singer /education/2012-02-21/missouri-applies-for-waiver-from-no-child-left-behind This first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 21, 2012 - Update on earlier story: Missouri education officials today filed their application for the… Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:13:57 GMT /education/2012-02-21/missouri-applies-for-waiver-from-no-child-left-behind Dale Singer /government-politics-issues/2012-02-16/seeking-school-testing-waiver-missouri-hopes-to-learn-from-others This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 16, 2012 - With the first 10 states winning waivers from Washington from the mandates of No… Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:27:25 GMT /government-politics-issues/2012-02-16/seeking-school-testing-waiver-missouri-hopes-to-learn-from-others Dale Singer