Ideally, having all students just go ahead and read the text can level the playing field. The attempt is to make it just about the text. But it is never just about the text. Our concern is that this doesn’t take into account that prior experience exists and always affects the way the student interacts with the text. -- Richard M. Long

Education Access Australia
http://www.eaa.edu.au/

Research to track young Victorians leaving care
http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/3062-research-to-track-young-victorians-leaving-care.html

Intel Science Talent Search, a program of Society for Science & the Public, is America's oldest and most prestigious pre-college science competition.
http://www.intel.com/about/corporateresponsibility/education/sts/index.htm

During the school year, Ms. Garvey spent about a dozen hours a week on her mussel research, and much more during the summer. In all, she spent two and a half years on the work, as part of a research curriculum that Rebecca Grella, a Brentwood High School chemistry teacher, successfully pitched to administrators eight years ago.

Samantha’s congressman is Steve Israel, a Democrat who has long tried to focus attention on the plight of the middle class. He invited Samantha to attend the State of the Union address, hoping to make a point about the need to invest in young minds and in the science and technology that built Long Island, home to fabled laboratories, research labs and manufacturers for the military and space program.

Intel Science Talent Search, a program of Society for Science & the Public, is America's oldest and most prestigious pre-college science competition.
http://www.intel.com/about/corporateresponsibility/education/sts/index.htm

Click here to read the complete article at NewsOK.com.
http://newsok.com/oklahoma-regional-universities-graduation-rates-lag-behind-those-of-larger-institutions/article/3641468#ixzz1juDkMJkE

We must strengthen teacher evaluation and training. We must improve teacher retention by focusing compensation on those educators just starting their careers. -- Michael R. Bloomberg

Bloomberg Focuses His Legacy on Education Reform
http://mathetude.com/story/view/14355.html

For many Latinos, the controversy is broader than the Mexican American studies program. It encompasses identity, and the suspicion that Arizona is trying to rein in Latinos' social and political influence.