Rolling out the Core Knowledge reading pilot…
Official announcement identifing the New York City schools participating and press coverage found here. Anyone worried about stagnant — or worse — reading scores for boys should keep an eye on this one.
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- State of American Manhood
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- Mortenson’s famous “for every 100 girls..”
- “Perfect Storm” report from ETS
- Report on girls reveals boy lapses
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- Edina schools probe into gender gaps
- Economists explain context
- DOE report on college gender gaps
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August 27th, 2008 at 8:52 am
[...] Mike Petrilli weighs in on the Core Knowledge reading program announcement. So does Richard Whitmire. Elissa Gootman’s longer piece in yesterday’s NY Times even manages to elicit warm [...]