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-Singapore & Shanghai are the top of the top when it comes to educating students -Shanghai are 2 ½ years ahead of even the top students here in U.S. -Highest performing schools have a culture of “ownership,” where students find taking ownership of their learning more meaningful.
 * __NY Times Article, “Can’t We Do Better”:__**

-In school student self-assessment and self-grading is something that we try to attain and need to allow more opportunities for. - Some places where you can incorporate self-assessment into school would be to offer more opportunities to accelerate their learning, giving feedback, providing vocabulary programs, and teaching problem solving techniques just to name a few. - It should be something that we practice daily in order to enhance their learning and give them ownership over what they produce and learn. - The article stated that home and economic status do not play an important role on student advancement and achievement but that the things listed above when done as part of an everyday curriculum help the student to make progress in their learning.
 * __“What Works in Education”:__**