Entries for the 'The Mission is Proficiency' Category

Efficacy is in the news!  As a part of our Envoy Project with Memphis City Schools, we engaged middle school students in a week-long summer camp,...

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Salma Hussein, Valedictorian of English High in Boston, tells David Boeri of WBUR that the theme of her graduation speech is "that you can be successf...

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In 2000, the city of Baltimore was home to two men who shared the same name - Wes Moore - but who were on distinctly different paths.  Despite th...

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Eighty-five percent of poor 4th graders in predominantly low-income schools are failing to reach “proficient” levels in reading on federal tests, ac...

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President and Founder of The Efficacy Institute, Jeff Howard, is chairing a task force to address the "proficiency gap" in Massachusetts; yesterday th...

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100% of the senior class at Chicago's only all-male, all African-American high school is accepted to universities—learn more about their inspirational...

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Jaime Escalante, the Bolivian-born educator who taught advanced math and calculus to students at one of LA's most troubled high schools died on Tuesda...

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The 2009 NAEP Reading results show little improvement; read a summary of the results from EdWeek (includes links to NAEP reports and findings). Click...

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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has vowed to bring renewed focus to the Education Department's Office of Civil Rights, announcing his goals on the ...

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