08.19.2009 2:24 pm

Political Fix post: Sen. Jeff Smith won’t teach at WashU this fall

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sen. Jeff Smith

I posted an item over at Political Fix, the Post-Dispatch political blog, about Sen. Jeff Smith deciding not to teach this semester at Washington University. Smith is reportedly considering resigning his Senate seat amid a federal investigation. Click…

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04.21.2009 10:41 am

Students shouldn’t be separated by ability, says new study

By David Hunn

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A new study by a University of Illinois professor found that minority students didn’t learn as much when separated by ability for reading instruction.

Christy Lleras, a professor of human and community development at Urbana-Champaign, says when students aren’t grouped by…

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Political Fix post: Sen. Jeff Smith won’t teach at WashU this fall

Students shouldn’t be separated by ability, says new study

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