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		<title>Education Week: Achievement+gap</title>
		<description>Education Week: News and Information About Issues in Education for Educators</description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[How to Really Close Opportunity Gaps During Our National Racial Reckoning]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA["Colorblind" teaching isn’t going to cut it, writes Vanderbilt University’s H. Richard Milner IV.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA['Was I Part of the Problem?' A Journalist Studies Her Own Reporting on Race]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Veteran reporter Debra Viadero invites researchers to scrutinize her decades of reporting for racial bias.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[The Racial Equity Gap]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/10/30/the-racial-equity-gap.html</guid>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[I Need More From My Daughter's School Than Lip Service About Racism]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/06/10/i-need-more-from-my-daughters-school.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/06/10/i-need-more-from-my-daughters-school.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Achievement+gap]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Districts must put real action behind their anti-racist statements, writes Funmi Haastrup. Here are five places to start.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[How We Talk About the Achievement Gap Could Worsen Public Racial Biases Against Black Students]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2020/06/achievement_gap_discourse_may_worsen_public_bias_against_black_students.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2020/06/achievement_gap_discourse_may_worsen_public_bias_against_black_students.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Achievement+gap]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[The way education media and policymakers frame education debates can have longer-term effects on how the public thinks about students, and which policies they are likely to support to improve students' learning.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Who's to Blame for the Black-White Achievement Gap?]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/01/08/whos-to-blame-for-the-black-white-achievement.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/01/08/whos-to-blame-for-the-black-white-achievement.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Achievement+gap]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Why don’t black students perform as well as white students on tests? One reporter considers her personal history to understand this disparity.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[The Dangerous Narrative That Lurks Under the 'Achievement Gap']]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/12/06/the-dangerous-narrative-that-lurks-under-the.html</guid>
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				<description><![CDATA[Black students are not to blame for their lack of educational opportunities, argues assistant principal Eric Higgins.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Poverty, Not Race, Fuels the Achievement Gap]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/10/02/poverty-not-race-fuels-the-achievement-gap.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/10/02/poverty-not-race-fuels-the-achievement-gap.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Achievement+gap]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[A new analysis finds that high-poverty schools are the least effective. But why those schools stifle achievement is harder to figure out.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Achievement Gaps]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/04/10/achievement-gaps-1.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/04/10/achievement-gaps-1.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Achievement+gap]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 50 years, the achievement gap has been unchanged, with the poorest 10 percent of students performing three to four years behind the wealthiest 10 percent of peers, finds a new study in the journal Education Next.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Does 'the Achievement Gap' Evoke a Negative Stereotype? What the Research Says]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/12/06/does-the-achievement-gap-evoke-a-negative.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/12/06/does-the-achievement-gap-evoke-a-negative.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Achievement+gap]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[What we call education inequality defines how—and even if—we solve it, write three researchers.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Black-White Achievement Gaps Go Hand in Hand With Discipline Disparities]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/10/16/black-white-achievement-gaps-go-hand.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/10/16/black-white-achievement-gaps-go-hand.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Achievement+gap]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[As black-white achievement gaps widen in schools, so, too, do disparities in discipline rates between black and white students, according to a study published Wednesday of 2,000 schools.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[The Deficit Lens of the 'Achievement Gap' Needs to Be Flipped. Here's How]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/07/10/the-deficit-lens-of-the-achievement-gap.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/07/10/the-deficit-lens-of-the-achievement-gap.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Achievement+gap]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Does a student have a fixed or a growth mindset? That's the wrong question for us to measure, argues researcher Dave Paunesku.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Achievement Gaps]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/11/01/achievement-gaps.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/11/01/achievement-gaps.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Achievement+gap]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[White teachers are generally less optimistic about their black students' chances of obtaining a four-year degree than black teachers—and those lowered expectations could become "self-fulfilling prophecies" when students internalize them or when teachers change their approach to students as a result,]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Flipped Classrooms May Exacerbate Student Achievement Gaps. Here's How]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2019/08/flipped_classrooms_may_exacerb.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2019/08/flipped_classrooms_may_exacerb.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Achievement+gap]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Flipped classrooms have been getting attention as a way for teachers to find more time for activities and individual support during the regular school day, but a new study cautions that the model could trade short-term gains for wider achievement gaps.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Achievement Gap]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/02/15/achievement-gap.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/02/15/achievement-gap.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Achievement+gap]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Achievement gaps in math between Latino students and their white counterparts set in before kindergarten, says a new report by Child Trends' Hispanic Institute.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Equity-Focused Leadership Is Risky. Do It Anyway]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/09/18/equity-focused-leadership-is-risky-do-it-anyway.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/09/18/equity-focused-leadership-is-risky-do-it-anyway.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Achievement+gap]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[As superintendents, we must make the system work for all students—however socially, politically, and professionally dangerous it may be, writes Demond A. Means.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Start Early: Close the Achievement Gap Before It Starts]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2019/03/why_unmarried_births_matter_for_educational_outcomes.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2019/03/why_unmarried_births_matter_for_educational_outcomes.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Achievement+gap]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[The non-marital birth rate to women age 24 and under was 71 percent in 2017. Here's what that means for educational outcomes and schools, according to guest blogger Ian Rowe.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[The Challenging, Often Isolating Work of School District Chief Equity Officers]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/10/23/the-challenging-often-isolating-work-of-school.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/10/23/the-challenging-often-isolating-work-of-school.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Achievement+gap]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[As some districts try to dismantle racist and biased policies and practices, they are creating high-profile positions to lead that public, sometimes hostile, reckoning.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[The Achievement Gap Isn't on Parents]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/01/17/the-achievement-gap-isnt-on-parents.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/01/17/the-achievement-gap-isnt-on-parents.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Achievement+gap]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[A recent blog post by Walt Gardner ("The Hard Truth About the Achievement Gap," placed the blame for the achievement gap on one group above others: parents.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Briefly Stated: Stories You May Have Missed]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/10/02/briefly-stated-stories-you-may-have-missed.html</guid>
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				<description><![CDATA[A breakdown of high-profile news stories you may have missed during the week.]]></description>
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