Graduation rates inflated, study says
By Maria Garriga, New Haven Register, June 4, 2007
A national education research group has issued a report claiming graduation rates in Connecticut and the nation have been grossly inflated by under-counting dropouts. The report was issued by the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center, an arm of Education Week, a national publication that covers the education sector.
Educators protested any charges of grade inflation.
Education advocates say educators need to rethink the way they calculate graduation rates.
Marc Porter Magee, research director for ConnCan, said the state method for calculating dropouts fails to capture many students who drop out in ninth and 10th grades. He said more accurate data collection on graduation rates would give educators better tools.
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Blunt, Gruff And On A Mission—New Britain School Chief Offers No Apologies For Her Overbearing Style
By Matt Burgard, Hartford Courant, June 4, 2007
Kurtz, now 60 and entering her seventh year as the district's first black school superintendent, said her parents never let their race get in the way of
their dreams, despite regular run-ins with bias and ignorance.
"If you don't see eye to eye with my mission, Idon't have time to try to convince you," Kurtz said matter-of-factly during a recent conversation in her office in the downtown education building. "People like that are obstacles, frankly. I don't need them around."
"Am I a strong presence? Absolutely," she said. "But that doesn't mean I'm not accountable. I can talk all I want, but if I'm not getting the job done, the board is going to let me know about it, and I realize that."
Forum Looks At Black Community –Stresses Need For Churches, Families To Help Bridge The Achievement Gap
By Larry Smith, Hartford Courant, June 3, 2007
The black community needs to look to its church and families to help close achievement and education gaps, panelists in a forum said Saturday.
Stanley F. Battle, recently appointed chancellor of North Carolina A&T University, who moderated the discussion, said the achievement gap across the country is enormous, particularly in the African American community.
The forum, "The Role of the Black Church in Bridging the Achievement Gap in the Black Community," was sponsored by the lay organization and steward board of Bethel AME Church in Bloomfield.
He also said that members of the community should "agitate, agitate, agitate" for improvement and change in education.
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