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Parent involvement in NCLB school standards is found lacking |
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Georgia
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By SuperUser Account on
9/27/2006
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Parent involvement in NCLB school standards is found lacking Inadequate parental involvement is hindering fulfillment of the federal No Child Left Behind program's goal to improve the nation's schools and produce better students, a two-year research project by an independent nonprofit has found. In a report released today called "It Takes a Parent," the Appleseed Foundation concludes that too many parents don't learn NCLB-required data about their children and schools soon enough to make timely and informed decisions; that poverty as well as language and cultural differences impose barriers to parental involvement; and that such participation "is not uniformly valued by school leaders as a key accountability strategy." To counter such trends, Appleseed is calling for better quality of information, active engagement of parents, community support, and professional development.
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Legal power brokers join to support nonprofit |
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Georgia
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By SuperUser Account on
6/16/2006
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The Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice has been busy since its planting in November. The nonprofit organization, one of the newest in the group of Appleseed public interest law centers around the nation,
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Opinion: Pocketfuls of Fear |
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National Appleseed
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By SuperUser Account on
5/14/2006
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If a famous baseball player who will earn $4 million this season is relying on Money Mart rather than his corner bank, we cannot fairly expect the nation's other 20 million immigrants to do it any differently.
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Lincoln couple awaits consulate appointment |
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Nebraska
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By SuperUser Account on
5/14/2006
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As the U.S. Senate tries to move toward meaningful immigration reform this week, Jacqueline Cerda and her husband, Jesus Meza, anxiously await the arrival of a long envelope from another branch of government.
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Lawmakers must strictly regulate payday lenders |
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South Carolina
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By SuperUser Account on
4/27/2006
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Many South Carolina workers, among the poorest in the nation, are being lured into multiple short-term, high-interest loans that amount to financial bondage. As they struggle from paycheck to paycheck, they often fall prey to payday lenders, who market their service as a quick and easy way to get cash for emergencies such as car repairs. The result in far too many cases is consumers getting locked into a vicious cycle of debt. State lawmakers shouldn't allow this fleecing of South Carolina to continue. If they are not going to ban payday lending, they should at least heavily regulate it.
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