Preschool Is Key Schooling ExperienceRecent research suggests that preschool experiences may have a significant effect on the future lives of at-risk black students: the High/Scope Perry Preschool study found that black students who had enjoyed a quality preschool experience also enjoyed significant advantages as adults: they were less likely than similarly situated peers to be unemployed or have a criminal record, and were more likely to own their own homes and have well-paying jobs. The state of Illinois has taken this research to heart and is working to mandate state-wide preschool programs:
www.csmonitor.com/2006/0321/p02s01-legn.htm
Closing In on the Achievement Gap
It's a phrase we're all familiar with—but what is the "achievement gap"? This article from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development takes a look at the underlying complexities of this deceptively simple "buzzword:"
www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/index.jsp
The Discipline GapIn Seattle, educators are struggling with a problem that has plagued them for two decades: the gap between the number of disciplinary incidents reported for white and black students. Despite their best efforts, teachers say, black students are still written up more frequently than white students—for example, almost twice as many suspensions were received by black students as white students:
seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/255215_discipline11.html
