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Upward Social Mobility and the Empowerment Model

January 18th, 2012 · Comments Off on Upward Social Mobility and the Empowerment Model

Angela Dye’s response to “Harder for Americans to Rise From Lower Rungs” By JASON DePARLE Published: January 4, 2012 @ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/us/harder-for-americans-to-rise-from-lower-rungs.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all?src=tp The empowerment instructional framework is about equipping urban students with the thought process and mindset that promotes upward mobility. With specific goals relating to production, prosperity, and promotional growth, the framework is grounded in […]

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Changes to NCLB Still Require Innovation for Student Engagement

January 17th, 2012 · Comments Off on Changes to NCLB Still Require Innovation for Student Engagement

Angela Dye’s response to Arne Duncan @ http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/escaping-the-constraints-of-no-child-left-behind/2012/01/06/gIQAYmqpfP_story.html This post written by the Nation’s Secretary of Education provides a fair assessment of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The strength of the legislation is that it exposes the achievement gap between students of color and of various income levels, English-proficiency levels, and disabilities. The challenge to […]