Dan Walters: Does latest school 'reform' benefit students -- or teachers?
Periodically albeit, not frequently it dawns on the Capitol's politicians that the 6 million kids in California's public schools aren't learning as much as they should be, and they vow to do...
View ArticleOhio budget rewards low-performing charter schools
The trend in Ohio has been to change school funding and teacher work rules to reward improved academic performance. That’s not the case for privately run charter schools in the $62 billion, two-year...
View ArticleSummer school: Should more kids go?
Story Highlights After every summer vacation, teachers have to reteach materialDistricts redesign summer school programs to combat learning lossAfter reading and math, kids get to swim or practice judo...
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 ArticleSummer camp helps children of migrant workers
OWENSBORO, Ky. — Moving from school to school can create unique challenges for migrant children, but a local camp is aiming to make the transition a little easier for kids in Daviess County. Camp...
View ArticleLatinos poised to catch up with whites in state's population
Perhaps today or certainly sometime very soon, another baby will be born or a new immigrant will arrive and the number of Latinos in California will equal the state's non-Hispanic white population,...
View ArticleBy one measure, UNC athletes’ academic performance takes a big dip
Amid an academic scandal involving athletics, the remnants of an NCAA investigation and multiple leadership changes, a key measure of academic progress for football and mens basketball at UNC-Chapel...
View ArticleBy one measure, UNC athletes academic performance takes a big dip
Amid an academic scandal involving athletics, the remnants of an NCAA investigation and multiple leadership changes, a key measure of academic progress for football and mens basketball at UNC Chapel...
View ArticleBy one measure, UNC athletes’ academic performance takes a big dip
Amid an academic scandal involving athletics, the remnants of an NCAA investigation and multiple leadership changes, a key measure of academic progress for football and men’s basketball at UNC Chapel...
View ArticleGovernor Bob McDonnell's Successful 2013 Legislative Agenda Takes Effect...
(Source: State of Virginia) For Immediate Release Contact June 30, 2013 Paul Shanks Office of the Governor (804) 225-4262 Governor Bob McDonnell's Successful 2013 Legislative Agenda Takes Effect...
View ArticleViewpoints: Schools should be measured by dropout rates as well as scores
What if banks paid higher interest on checking accounts than savings accounts? Would the savings rate decline? You bet. Incentives alter outcomes, sometimes in unintended ways. This is what happens...
View ArticleResponse to recent conversation
Commenters on the AJC Get Schooled blog had a range of reactions to districts creating accelerated high school tracks where students graduate in three years. In Dallas, these early graduates — who...
View ArticleDavid Chard on the National Council of Teacher Quality report on the state...
The National Council on Teacher Quality recently released a much-discussed report about the work schools of education are doing in preparing teachers for the classroom. David Chard, dean of SMU’s...
View ArticlePupils choosing easier subjects
Johannesburg - Subject selection for Grade 9 pupils getting into the further education and training phase – grades 10 to 12 – can be tricky. There’s a temptation to pick easy subjects for an easy...
View ArticleGovernor Corbett's Budget Includes Record $11.63 Billion in State Education...
HARRISBURG, Pa., July 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Supporting Pennsylvania's children of all ages, Governor Tom Corbett's budget provides record education funding and increases funding in early...
View ArticleThe latest on NYC's Gifted & Talented Kindergarten Lawsuit (Video)
* It tests the children too young for the scores to mean anything * It never retests them to see if they still qualify in subsequent grades * It leads to huge racial disparities in the classrooms But,...
View ArticleThousands of Florida students 'trapped' in ESOL, never catch up
Cynthia Quezada is a "lifer"— the nickname teachers give to students who've been confined, year after year, to classes for those struggling with English. If the term conveys a sense of hopelessness,...
View ArticleAt Retooled Summer Schools, Creativity, Not Just Catch-Up
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Just a few years ago, school districts around the country were slashing summer classes as the economic downturn eviscerated their budgets. Now, despite continuing budgetary...
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