Claudio Sanchez

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Study: Colleges That Ditch The SAT And ACT Can Enhance Diversity

Claudio Sanchez

A new study confirms what some researchers have been saying for decades — standardized tests have little or no value in predicting students' success in college. So why do institutions use them?
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California's Higher Ed Diversity Problem

Claudio Sanchez

California colleges have made remarkable progress enrolling racial and ethnic minorities over the last 20 years. And yet, faculty and institutional leaders remain overwhelmingly male and white.
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A Visit To Topeka: Reflecting On Linda Brown's Legacy

Claudio Sanchez

Linda Brown, the 9-year-old old whose name was enshrined in the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, died this past Sunday. She was 75.
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Democrats Grill DeVos On Guns, Schools And Money

Claudio Sanchez

The education secretary was on Capitol Hill to talk about the proposed budget for her department. She got an earful from Democrats.
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Reinventing Community College To Reach Millions Of Workers — Online

Claudio Sanchez

California could be the first state to create a statewide, online community college system targeting 2.5 million workers who need — but don't have — a college degree.
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What Decades Of Covering School Shootings Has Taught Me

Claudio Sanchez

Each horrific school shooting offers painful lessons but few, if any, answers.
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The Gap Between The Science On Kids And Reading, And How It Is Taught

Claudio Sanchez

Two-thirds of the nation's schoolchildren struggle with reading. Neuroscientist Mark Seidenberg says teachers need a better understanding of what science knows about how kids learn to read.