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April 2008 | Volume 65 | Number 7
Marge Scherer
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Richard Rothstein
Modest social and economic reforms can greatly improve student achievement.
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Kati Haycock and Candace Crawford
What can we do about providing low-income students with the strongest teachers?
Anne McGill-Franzen and Richard Allington
Research suggests how to reduce summer skill setback.
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Terry B. Grier and Amy A. Holcombe
This school system presents its program for recruiting and retaining teachers at challenging schools.
Paul Gorski
Believing that poor people are different from those with higher incomes is dangerous and wrong.
Joy G. Dryfoos
Full-service schools combat the effects of poverty.
Eileen Santiago, JoAnne Ferrara and Marty Blank
A New York school formed partnerships to establish health care services, family counseling, parent outreach, and more.
Ruby Payne
How to teach the hidden rules of school.
Rebecca S. Wheeler
Strategies for helping students become aware of how different language patterns are used in different settings.
Jean Louise M. Smith, Hank Fien and Stan C. Paine
Programs and policies that reduce the harmful effects of student mobility on reading skills.
Kate Anderson Simons and Rivka H. Friedman
From the achievement gap to lack of parental involvement—school districts show how they tackle the big challenges.
Sue Books
In rural South Africa, principals work with students who lack food and must travel for hours to get to school.
Donna Marie San Antonio
Why teachers must be in touch with the realities that students face.
Shifra Teitelbaum
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Jane L. David
W. James Popham
Joanne Rooney
Douglas B. Reeves
Deborah Perkins-Gough
ASCD celebrates its 65th anniversary.
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