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- Before we can change the admissions criteria for college, we need to be clear about the skills that all high school students need today, says Tony Wagner. more...
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- The test known as the ?nation?s report card? will soon assess students? technological skill, in what federal officials say will be the first nationwide assessment of student achievement in that area. more...
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- Preschool Program Focused on Executive-Function Skills Provokes Scholarly Debate
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- New studies reach different conclusions on the effectiveness of a program, called Tools of the Mind, at preparing children for school. more...
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- Vital Signs: Consequences: Reading Skills Are Tied to a Longer, Healthier Life
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- Older people who cannot read and understand basic medical information appear to have a higher mortality rate than more-literate patients. more...
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- Campaign promotes skills upgrade
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- A government campaign will seek to encourage people to upgrade their skills through education and training. The Our future. It's in our hands campaign will run over three years, but it is hoped this first phase will create the desire and will to learn. EdJobs.org more...
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- Job Skills of the Future in Researchers' Crystal Ball
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- At a research workshop hosted by the National Academies, scholars debated what students need to know for future employment. more...
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- At a research workshop hosted by the National Academies, scholars debated what students need to know for future employment. more...
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- Homegrown Tests Measure Core Critical-Reading Skills
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- FAST-R, or Formative Assessments of Student Thinking in Reading, is now used in more than 50 schools in the 57,000-student Boston district. more...
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- Teachers? Training Aids Early Skills
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- When teachers in child-care and early-childhood programs receive training focused on improving children?s early literacy skills, the language skills of those children improve, according to a federally financed study of children in Florida. more...
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- Skills Gap on State, Federal Tests Grows, Study Finds
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- Far greater shares of students are proficient on state reading and maths tests than on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. more...
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