Newsique / Tags / Academic en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/education/academic/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. Theory on poor kids, academics challenged / Moving to middle class area is no help http://www.newsique.com/education/theory_on_poor_kids_academics_ch/ Many social reformers have long said that low academic achievement among inner-city children cannot be improved significantly without moving their families to better neighborhoods, but new reports released Tuesday that draw on a unique set of data throw c news education 2007-08-15 08:18:58 http://www.newsique.com/education/theory_on_poor_kids_academics_ch/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/144310298/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [7] 70 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/theory_on_poor_kids_academics_ch/#comments More public schools rated excellent in Academic Performance results http://www.newsique.com/education/more_public_schools_rated_excell/ California's annual ritual of ranking all public schools by how well they do on standardized tests shows that more of them are continuing to reach the desirable mark of 800 points on the state's Academic Performance Index (API). But that promising news news education 2008-05-22 08:13:01 http://www.newsique.com/education/more_public_schools_rated_excell/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/295304584/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/more_public_schools_rated_excell/#comments Fenty's Schools Model Has Its Own Gaps http://www.newsique.com/education/fentys_schools_model_has_its_ow/ Senior Jasmine Weiss is an educator's dream, an A-plus student who is captain of the basketball team and drum major of her school's marching band. Colleges collectively are offering her $3 million worth of academic scholarships. Weiss might be just the news education 2007-05-15 14:09:56 http://www.newsique.com/education/fentys_schools_model_has_its_ow/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/14/AR2007051401606.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/fentys_schools_model_has_its_ow/#comments