Striving Readers, a program to boost literacy rates among middle- and high-school students, takes a $250 million hit,
Events - Chief Learning Officer, "Preparing Your Workforce for Tomorrow's Challenges" - 0 views
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A webinar to explain how businesses--and some universities--approach education...
When a Parent Is in Prison - 0 views
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Not really on topic-but such a sad reality...
Education cuts coming, but fewer than GOP wanted - Washington Times - 1 views
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some programs not only were spared but will get more money than the administration was looking for. The Teaching of Traditional American History, designed to help fund classes devoted to U.S. history, will lose $73 million from 2010 levels but will get $46 million more this year than the administration requested.
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Adult education will be cut by $31 million
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Rita M. Solnet: Scorecard of Latest Education Deforms in the Sunshine State - 0 views
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Even if this is distorted and only half of the information is true... the education reform initiatives enacted by the new governor are atrocious. Yet, you gotta wonder... didn't the voters realize that you reap what you sow? What were they thinking when they elected the man who was CEO of the company that was fined $1.7B--the largest fine of its kind in history--for Medicare and Medicaid fraud? Ethics and social justice were clearly not part of his vocabulary.
digitalcommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=chip_docs&sei-redir=1... - 0 views
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Different genders tend toward different leadership styles. Men tend toward autocratic, while women tend toward diplomatic or democratic.
Va. teacher holds mock slave auction - The Washington Post - 0 views
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Teachers rights, Justice, adms707
Enrollment Surges at Schools for Homeless Students - 1 views
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Sadly, they are everywhere. Thankfully, the McKinney-Vento laws protect them.
Race to the Top 2.0 May Be On - 1 views
Chris Hedges: Why the United States Is Destroying Its Education System - Chris Hedges' ... - 0 views
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Offers a pointed finger for why our education system is collapsing in upon itself. The author provided connections between teaching and curriculum to business and corporate influence. He used powerful quotes by teachers decrying how they feel like frauds telling their kids that what they are learning will prepare them for life.
Kick Me, I'm a Public School Teacher - 1 views
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Sorry for another Huffington Post article, but Randy Turner hit the nail on the head as to how I am feeling about "school reform." Thought you might like it too.
American Educational History Timeline - 2 views
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this is an incredibly comprehensive timeline of the changes in the American educational system. READ IT...it's awesome and gives a real perspective on how and why things have changed.
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This is a fantastic resource. I found the associated links to be great too! Thanks!
Grandmother helping Chicago kids 'off the block' - 0 views
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Thought we all needed a bit of inspiration and hope! One person can really make a difference.
Educate or incarcerate? NAACP pushes states to shift priorities. - CSMonitor.com - 0 views
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Better education can save society money in the long run, “but our refusal to make sane investments in these kids has led to an explosion in the costs of our criminal justice system,” says Amy Wilkins, vice president for government affairs at Education Trust, a nonprofit that focuses on narrowing the achievement gap.
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Better education can save society money in the long run, "but our refusal to make sane investments in these kids has led to an explosion in the costs of our criminal justice system," says Amy Wilkins, vice president for government affairs at Education Trust, a nonprofit that focuses on narrowing the achievement gap.
Michelle Rhee: Education reform huckster - War Room - Salon.com - 0 views
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"American students have improved substantially, in some cases phenomenally. In general, the improvements have been greatest for African-American students, and among these, for the most disadvantaged. The improvements have been greatest for both black and white 4th and 8th graders in math. Improvements have been less great but still substantial for black 4th and 8th graders in reading and for black 12th graders in both math and reading."
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it should be stipulated that nobody's yet found a means or motive for cheating on NAEP surveys.
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An exposé by USA Today reveals that scores of high-performing Washington schools displayed "extraordinarily high numbers of erasures on standardized tests. The consistent pattern was that wrong answers were erased and changed to right ones."
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Education Week: At-Risk Kids Treated as 'Gifted' Perform Better, Study Finds - 0 views
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A U.S. Department of Education evaluation of a North Carolina program shows that when at-risk students are taught as if they are gifted and talented, they are likely to perform better academically.
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Well duh! Imagine how many more students could have been helped if we redirected the money that was spent to "prove" what we already knew to increasing the reach of the program!
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Education Week: State, Local Policies Seen to Slow Personalized Learning - 0 views
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K-12 education is at a policy crossroads, experts in educational technology policy say, as seat-time requirements, school funding models, textbook-adoption procedures, and teacher-certification requirements restrict the growth and effectiveness of emerging learning methods.
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Moves to replace seat-time mandates, which set the amount of time students must spend in a class before completing it, with requirements that students demonstrate competency in the skills needed to master the course appear to be gaining traction
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But some policy experts caution that a complete abolition of seat-time requirements could adversely affect the social and collaborative aspects of learning
Addressing Diverse Student Learning Needs Webinar Registration (EVENT: 296451) - 0 views
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The 2010 MetLife Survey of the American Teacher, released this month, finds that 60 percent of K-12 educators say strengthening resources and programs to help students with diverse learning needs become college- and career-ready should be a top priority in education.
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Webinar scheduled for this afternoon at 4P. Archived version will be available within 24 hours.
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