The «skinny» budget also strips states and districts of flexibilities available under ESSA before they can ever be used, limiting the ability of Chiefs to affect meaningful change that will improve teaching and learning and lead to dramatic progress in
academic outcomes for all kids.
Not exact matches
Research says teaching kindness has a positive influence on a range of
academic, health, and social
outcomes for kids.
Is stronger
academic performance related to better life
outcomes for kids and better economic
outcomes for nations?
In his RSCO School Choice Fair field notes, HH expresses concern that ``... the lack of conversations about test scores, despite some critics» view that test scores are not a reliable indicator of a school's quality of education, is concerning as low - income parents might not be aware of the
academic outcome produced by the schools that they are choosing
for their
kids» (HH).
While not every dollar a school spends directly improves
academic outcomes, a new report from Rutgers school - finance expert Bruce Baker finds certain kinds of money very much do matter: extra funding
for higher teacher salaries and more equitable distribution of resources between rich and poor districts,
for example, are correlated with higher student achievement, especially
for the neediest
kids.
By moving breakfast to after the bell when students are in attendance, everyone has equal access to the meal and participation soars leading to better
academic and health
outcomes for kids.
In a recent study, we calculated the consequences
for economic growth, lifetime earnings, and tax revenue of improving educational
outcomes and narrowing educational achievement gaps in the United States.1 Among other results, we found that if the United States were able to raise the math and science PISA test scores of the bottom three quarters of U.S. students so that they matched the test scores of the top quarter of U.S.
kids (and thereby raised the overall U.S.
academic ranking to third best among the OECD countries), U.S. GDP would be 10 percent larger in 35 years.