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Achievement Gap

Eighth-grade teacher Langston Tingling-Clemmons works with a student at Friendship Woodridge Elementary and Middle School in Northeast Washington D.C.

Is there an 'Obama boost' in classrooms?

Todd Johnson
theGRIO VIDEO - As President Barack Obama prepares to take the oath of office for a second time, the country is once again examining his impact as a leader. In some schools across the country, educators still look to Obama as a role model for their young students to look up to...
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Can Texas close the racial achievement gap in their schools?

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Texas education commissioner Michael Williams is considering a new rating system that takes the achievement gap into account when measuring schools' performances each year...
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DC schools: Biggest black-white achievement gap

Ashley Michelle Williams
theGRIO REPORT - A 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress study has found Washington, D.C. public schools have the largest achievement gap between its minority and white students...
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