Turnaround 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 Article07/01/2013 DCPS Establishes Ninth Grade Academies to Support Incoming...
(Source: City of Washington, DC - District of Columbia) July 01, 2013 . Contact: Melissa Salmanowitz | 202-535-1096 In the 2013-2014 school year, District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) will...
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 ArticleIn Dallas, 3-Year High School Diploma Would Expand Preschool
The senior year of high school, a time when students sometimes seem more focused on social pursuits than academics, may soon be a thing of the past for some Texas students. Expanded coverage of Texas...
View ArticleLeader: Education-related briefs for June 22
RRISD District now has YouTube channel Round Rock school district’s Video Services has launched an official YouTube channel that will feature stories, events and people that are found throughout the...
View ArticleAcademic progress noted in Valley View district
A new report presented recently to Valley View Community Unit School District 365U board members indicates that academic progress is steadily improving among students in the Bolingbrook-Romeoville...
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 ArticleK-12 graduates can be employed easier: DepEd official
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- An official of the Department of Education (DepEd) said students who will graduate under the K-12 program can easily obtain employment or they can put up their own business...
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 ArticleJune 19, 2013: Lincoln Financial Foundation Expands Educational Opportunity...
(Source: Lincoln National Corporation) Lincoln Financial Foundation Expands Educational Opportunity More than $155,000 in Education Grants Awarded Concord, N.H., June 19, 2013 - Lincoln Financial...
View ArticleHow education schools can turn out better teachers
College students who aspire to be teachers often graduate from teacher prep programs unprepared to run a classroom effectively. That takes a toll on their health and happiness and on their students'...
View ArticleUniversities, colleges prepare teachers poorly, national report declares
With about 16,000 of newly certified teachers in Pennsylvania a year, a good question is: How well do colleges and universities prepare them? The National Council on Teacher Quality on Tuesday...
View ArticleJuly 1, 2013: Lincoln Foundation Supports Local Education Initiatives —...
(Source: Lincoln National Corporation) Lincoln Foundation Supports Local Education Initiatives $651,000 in Grants Awarded Fort Wayne, IN., July 2, 2013 - Lincoln Financial Foundation will help develop...
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...
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