The Lumina Foundation informs educational leaders about policies and research that promote student success in postsecondary education.

The Lumina Foundation offers online a monthly newsletter, Student Access & Success News.  The October 2008 issue has an article about “Revamping Financial Aid.”  It calls for a major overhaul of the federal financial aid system to remedy the growing achievement gap.  For more information, go to http://www.luminafoundation.org/newsroom/newsletter/Archives/October2008.html

Los Angeles Times Fear, stress among poor hinder learning

Follow the link to an interesting article related to what schools could be doing to relieve stress and fear for their students to improve the climate for learning.

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-poverty1-2008sep01,0,3159674.story

Education Trust-West Report Achievement in California 2008: Fading Gains, Growing Gaps.

California State Superintendent Jack O'Connell released the First Annual Report on Dropouts and Graduates using individual student-level data for the 2006-07 school year.

The Statewide Student Identifier (SSID) provides each student a unique identification number and allows for much more accurate information about how many students are or are not completing their education.

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