2013 SBA Scores Show Record Gains in High School Reading Proficiency (State...
(Source: State of New Mexico) Susana Martinez Governor Contact: Enrique Knell (505) 819-1398 enrique.knell@state.nm.us State of New Mexico Office of the Governor For Immediate Release June 28, 2013...
View ArticleExperts: Pa. needs to heed 3rd grade reading key
It's a well-known concept in education circles: Children learn to read from preschool through third grade. After third grade, they read to learn. In recent years, the focus on third-grade reading...
View ArticleJeffco summer school gives youth a leg up on literacy
The school year ended weeks ago, but the halls at Edgewater Elementary School were alive with the sounds of learning. In one classroom, a teacher went over ground rules with a small group of students...
View ArticleMinority teacher numbers in Colorado lag growth of state's minority students
Apprentice teacher Cesar Sanchez is teaching math to 5th graders this summer at Centennial School. In Denver Public Schools, about 60 percent of the students are Hispanic but only 17 percent of the...
View ArticleMinority teacher numbers lag growth of state's minority students
Apprentice teacher Cesar Sanchez is teaching math to 5th graders this summer at Centennial School. In Denver Public Schools, about 60 percent of the students are Hispanic but only 17 percent of the...
View ArticleMcKeesport Area summer camp brings youngsters, parents together over books
Jayden Griffin is a little nervous about starting fourth grade in the fall because he has heard the words used in fourth grade lessons are tougher than in third grade. So he's trying to prepare...
View ArticleDetroit Public Schools adds classrooms for 500 more preschool students
Jennifer Chambers The Detroit News Comments Detroit About 500 more preschool-aged children will be able to start their education at Detroit Public Schools this fall, now that the district has...
View ArticleMoon Area board approves budget; spending up 1.8 percent
Moon Area school directors have approved a $63.47 million budget for 2013-14, lowering the millage tax rate from 21.3 to 18.12 for property owners in Crescent and Moon. Despite the lower rate, some...
View ArticleEast Notables
Seton Hill University has honored six educators with an inaugural Excellence in Teaching Awards: Mark J. Campayno of Sterling, Va., began his music career in 1982 by teaching himself guitar. In 1999,...
View ArticleCity partners with groups to increase third-grade reading levels
Only 30 percent of Delray Beach third-graders in Title 1 schools can read at grade level, according to Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test results from 2011 and 2012. FCAT data shows 32 percent is...
View ArticleVa. Board of Education begins to develop formula for grading schools
As Virginia’s Board of Education began working this week to develop a formula for assigning letter grades to public schools, some board members said they are proceeding carefully. “I do get concerned...
View ArticleStudy shows customized instruction improves reading proficiency (ASU -...
(Source: ASU - Arizona State University) Posted: June 25, 2013 At a time when elementary school reading proficiency is under intense scrutiny, Arizona State University professor Carol Connor is...
View ArticleViewpoints: An early learning plan must be created for California students
Education funding has been a hot topic this budget session, and the conversation about how to improve education in California has fundamentally shifted. The Local Control Funding Formula, or LCFF,...
View ArticleTiger Academy shows improvement in third-grade FCAT scores
Jade Hardwick sat in the back of a limousine last month for the first time in her 9-year-old life. For performing well on the 2013 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Jade and some of her...
View ArticleReading scores at many local schools miss new 3rd-grade mark
Education Blog OSU alumnus and businessman Timothy P. Keenan is giving $1 million to the Ohio State University Fisher College of Business to support innovative tec... Education databases Search the...
View ArticleTurnaround is job one at School 2
Troy Jason Goldner sat in his office at School 2 on Wednesday, his third day as principal preparing to lead the effort to reinvigorate the city school district's most academically and economically...
View ArticleFirst Person / Teachers as targets
The headline of Eleanor Chutes' June 19 Post-Gazette article said it all -- "Universities, Colleges Prepare Teachers Poorly, National Report Declares." The report, issued by the National Council on...
View ArticleCepeda: Teacher training exposed
CHICAGO Maybe someday, I'll go back to school and re-experience teacher training decades after the current movement to bring rigor to such programs has finally taken hold in higher education. Perhaps...
View ArticleTeaching Strategies Announces Expansion of Teaching Strategies GOLD®
Comprehensive, Proven Assessment System Will Soon Span Birth Through Third Grade BETHESDA, Md., July 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Teaching Strategies, LLC is pleased to announce the expansion...
View ArticleAlliance for Quality Education gives New York a poor school report card
Following the state Education Department's lead in establishing "College and Career Ready" rates for high schools across New York, the Albany-based Alliance for Quality Education released its own...
View ArticleKeep your child’s brain active during summer vacation with ‘Dig into Reading’
The Library of Michigan’s Collaborative Summer Library Program, “Dig into Reading” is one avenue and many Michigan public libraries participate in it. Open to youth of all ages, the program has...
View ArticleNational schools facing failure of black males
Alan Johnson, acting superintendent in the Woodland Hills School District, isn't afraid to share his district's unflattering statistics regarding the lack of academic achievement among...
View ArticleDemographic change amplifying racial inequities
WASHINGTON -- One-year-old Ka'Lani is so fascinated by a round plastic toy that she doesn't see her mother, Ke'sha Scrivner, walk into the Martha's Table day care, chanting her name while softly...
View ArticlePA Cyber student overcomes Asperger's, earns National Merit Scholarship
MECHANICSBURG, Pa., June 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In ninth grade, Colin Knott became so frustrated with school that he decided to drop out. Today this young man with Asperger's syndrome is...
View Article2013 IRA Research Award and Grant Recipients (IRA - International Reading...
(Source: IRA - International Reading Association) The following talented researchers, some quite accomplished and some at the beginnings of their careers, were recognized at a ceremony in San Antonio...
View ArticleMore AP, IB classes for city students
Students who show academic promise in Tacoma Public Schools will be automatically enrolled in advanced level high school classes, beginning in fall 2014. The School Board on Thursday adopted a new...
View ArticleThe Trouble With Testing Mania
Congress made a sensible decision a decade ago when it required the states to administer yearly tests to public school students in exchange for federal education aid. The theory behind the No Child...
View ArticleNorth Notables
These graduating seniors at Fox Chapel Area High School were honored for their scholarship and volunteer efforts by the Rotary Club of Fox Chapel Area: Kelly Capone, Rachel Clapper, Margaret Driver,...
View ArticleJuly 5, 2013: Lincoln Financial Foundation Expands Educational Opportunity —...
(Source: Lincoln National Corporation) Lincoln Financial Foundation Expands Educational Opportunity $544,000 in Education Grants Awarded Greensboro, NC., July 5, 2013 - Lincoln Financial Foundation is...
View ArticlePflugerville students exceed state passing standards on STAAR exams
Pflugerville school district students taking the 2013 State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness and high school end-of-course exams exceeded this year’s average passing rates statewide....
View ArticleTeacher assistants hold breath as state legislators discuss budget cuts
RALEIGH — Angela Lewis prepared for a new class of kindergarteners at Barwell Road Elementary this week under a cloud of job insecurity. The summer months often bring worry to teacher assistants as...
View ArticleTeacher assistants hold breath
RALEIGH Angela Lewis prepared for a new class of kindergarteners at Barwell Road Elementary this week under a cloud of job insecurity. The summer months often bring worry to teacher assistants as the...
View ArticleMore than a third of NM schools graded A or B
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — About 70 percent of New Mexico's public schools improved or maintained their letter grade that rates their performance this year, and more than a third received an A or B, state...
View ArticleWhy McCrory believes NC teaching has too many tests
Testing is a vital part of education, but it’s not teaching. Yet, with the addition of more than two dozen standardized tests this academic year, the number of tests administered to students in grades...
View ArticleMillage down, but Allegheny County tax bills vary
Although 41 of the 42 suburban school districts in Allegheny County lowered millage rates in their 2013-14 budgets because of the countywide reassessment, taxpayers should not be fooled into believing...
View ArticleBlackhawk agriculture program gone to seed
For years, Bonnie Goehring has lived on a farm in the Blackhawk School District, where her three children and several of her grandchildren studied agricultural science at the high school. But her...
View ArticleChildren who attend preschool do better in kindergarten than those who...
Children who attend preschool do better in kindergarten than those who stay at home with their parents or relatives, according to a national report. The federal data, which focused on children who...
View ArticleStudy: Pa. charter students' skills fall far short
PITTSBURGH (AP) — From the start, Keisha Dumas knew she would never send her son to a public school in Pittsburgh. "Even when my son was a baby, I was like, 'He's not going to go,'" said Dumas, a...
View ArticleJuly 5, 2013: Lincoln Foundation Strengthens Philadelphia Education — 30...
(Source: Lincoln National Corporation) Lincoln Foundation Strengthens Philadelphia Education 30 Local Nonprofits Receive Grants PHILADELPHIA, July 5, 2013 - Lincoln Financial Foundation is helping to...
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