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Gifted students can also be at risk for underachievement. [1] Current theories among academic scholars prefer to address underperformance problems with remedial help. The term is also used more generally; for example, a sports team that contains many star players but still loses games against teams with relatively little obvious talent might be ...
The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States proposes including LGBT curriculum in school health and sex education classes. Their proposed curriculum would aim to teach students, over the course of their K–12 education, to understand sexual orientation as well as gender roles, and treat others with respect, among other ...
The Chicago Teachers Union sends a lot of young people to prison, but to find out why you will need to read on. And that’s something too many youngsters cannot do after attending Chicago Public ...
Achievement ideology is the belief that one reaches a socially perceived definition of success through hard work and education. In this view, factors such as gender, race/ethnicity, economic background, social networks, or neighborhoods/geography are secondary to hard work and education or are altogether irrelevant in the pursuit of success.
Oppositional culture, also known as the "blocked opportunities framework" or the "caste theory of education", is a term most commonly used in studying the sociology of education to explain racial disparities in educational achievement, particularly between white and black Americans.
The racial achievement gap in the United States refers to disparities in educational achievement between differing ethnic/racial groups. [1] It manifests itself in a variety of ways: African-American and Hispanic students are more likely to earn lower grades, score lower on standardized tests, drop out of high school, and they are less likely to enter and complete college than whites, while ...
The head of an Irish-speaking school in west Belfast says a new funding scheme punishes the poor.
Biden's first year is ending meekly. But there's plenty of room for him to recover.