History of IDEA
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Dispiriting numbers on education, civil rights
- 07-06-2011
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Expert blog/National Journal
The Education Department released new data last week showing that educational disparities are still very much a reality, despite the best efforts of policymakers and school administrators. Here are some of the findings: • About 3,000 schools serving nearly 500,000 high school students offer no algebra II classes. • Some 7,300 schools serving more than 2 million students have no access to calculus classes. • Schools serving mostly African-American students are twice as likely to have teachers with just one or two years of experience. • Students with limited English proficiency make up 6 percent of the high school population, but are 15 percent of the students for whom algebra is the highest-level math course taken. (more...)
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