<p>epip, that is one magazine article I would love to read. Great analysis and criticisms. I certainly agree with you and the study that "education does not exist in a vacuum" in a society undergoing rapid demographic change, uneven health care, areas "of concentrated poverty, and an economy increasingly stratified by wealth..." These trends are all the more disturbing when taken in the context of an educational system that, according to the study, perpetuates rather than reduces class differences - from cradle to college and beyond.
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That?s in part because children from low- income families generally attend schools that by any measure?school resources, student achievement, qualified teachers?lag behind those of their more affluent peers.
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<p>The Detailed State Data Comparison page allows you to look up data from several states at once to compare and contrast, or just pull up data for individual states.</p>
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the historical splits between different levels of education in the United States have made coordination difficult, with early-childhood education, elementary and secondary schooling, and postsecondary and training institutions often operating in separate silos, with different rules, different financial structures, different accountability systems, and different expectations for success...</p>
<p>The new Chance-for-Success Index, developed for the report by the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center, provides a state-focused perspective on the importance of education throughout a person?s lifetime. The index is based on 13 indicators that highlight whether young children get off to a good start, succeed in elementary and secondary school, and hit crucial educational and economic benchmarks as adults.</p>
<p>This year?s report is very much a transitional document as we move from an exclusive focus on K-12 education to a broader perspective on the connections between K-12 education and other systems with which it intersects.
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