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Jessica Michael

Dallas ISD set to decide on cuts to magnet schools, learning centers tonight | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | News: Education - 0 views

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    I decided to post this article becuase last week I found one similar about schools who had improved achievement on test scores and were going to stay open; and now this article is talking about comparing some of the schools in that same ISD and making budget cuts because of test comparibility. The schools are magnet schools and learning centers that are facing these cuts and some of those schools are funded more than others. Parents are upset becuase the schools are funded equally and that the superintendent is trying to enforce cuts based on tests that don't show a true comparibility, like the school district is stating. It will be interesting to see the outcome of this vote. Education News - The Dallas Morning News is your trusted source for news from schools and school districts.
Clint Rodenfels

The Invisible Achievement Gap: Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care in California's Public Schools (Part 1) - 0 views

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    PDF report on performance of foster youth in K-12 education in California. Long (116 pages). From the PND description of the report... California public school students in foster care tend to underperform their peers on standardized tests and comprise a distinct at-risk subgroup, a study by the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd finds. Based on an analysis of statewide data from the 2009-10 school year, the report, The Invisible Achievement Gap, Part 1 (116 pages, PDF), found that only 29 percent of California foster care students in grades 2 through 11 scored at "proficient" or "advanced" levels on the state standards test in English, compared with 40 percent of students of low socioeconomic status and 53 percent of all students in the state. Similar achievement gaps were found in mathematics, with 37 percent of foster care students in grades 2 through 7 testing at "proficient" or above, compared with 50 percent among low-SES students and 60 percent statewide; and between 12 and 13 percent testing at proficient or above in high school Algebra I and II, well below the 23 percent and 32 percent among low-SES students and statewide. Youth in foster care, who have the lowest rates of participation in California's statewide testing program, also are more likely to be African American, to be classified with a disability, to change schools during the academic year, and to be enrolled in the lowest-performing schools. Funded by the Stuart Foundation, the report also found that students in foster care have a single-year dropout rate of 8 percent - nearly three times the statewide rate of 3 percent and well above the 3 percent to 5 percent rate among other at-risk groups. In 2009-10, students in foster care also had the lowest high school graduation rate among at-risk groups, 58 percent, compared with 79 percent of low-SES students and 84 percent of all students in the state. "These findings help all of us understand that we have a long way to go
Jessica Michael

Connecticut School District That Clung to Tracking Is Letting Go - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    New reform in the school tracking system to help eliminate the achievement gap, along with the stigma of who is better than another in the school. The schools division of students based on academic performance in the past has determined their path through school based on a single standarized test. The school is now working to mix the ability in each class. Why it took so long for this school to catch up to others around it I have no clue but this new development seems to be a much better idea, and will also promote self-efficacy among all students.
heritageschools

Peer Learning at The Heritage School - 0 views

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    The Heritage School is one of the most celebrated schools in the city of Dehradun. It is constantly featured at the top in the list of ICSE schools in Dehradun. All the reputation and goodwill that the school has been able to build over the years is credited to its constant endeavor to deliver something extra to the students.
heritageschools

Tips To Beat The Summers|Best School in Dehardun - 0 views

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    The long stretch of May has recently commenced, and the late spring season is as of now demonstrating its fill shade. Summers are a troublesome time for the school-going youngsters. Venturing out forward and backward school, in the singing warmth consistently, in any way till the vacations start - is no simple. Notwithstanding, the best part is if your school itself helps you in confronting the sun! The Heritage School, which is the top school in Dehradun, does that for you.
Jessica Michael

Dallas' troubled Spruce high school saved by students' TAKS scores | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | News: Education - 0 views

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    I found this article extremely interesting. 1. I think it is great that the school was able to rebound itself from being a low performer to fitting in with the rest of the schools in the ISD after many years below the norm. 2. The approach the principal and school district took to achieve there goals was something i'd never seen before. They took out the 10th and 11th grades to focus on those students who wanted to learn and were willing to graduate. I'm not sure how I feel about the principal/district sorting students by those willing and those not, how are they to make that decision? Education News - The Dallas Morning News is your trusted source for news from schools and school districts.
Jessica Michael

Report Says Success at New York City's Small Schools Has a Price - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    New York City has been replacing its larger 'trouble' schools with smaller schools with themes like environmental science and performing arts. Instead of focusing on the problems at the larger schools, they are shut down so smaller ones can open. The program has had success but it isn't doing much for the overall program. The high schools who were poor performing are still having problems (low attendance, grad rates); but it appears as if the smaller school trend is on the rise.
heritageschools

Best ICSE School in Dehradun | Dehradun Schools - 0 views

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    Best ICSE School in Dehradun The Heritage School sought and received affiliation with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination(ISC), New Delhi.
Maria Mahon

Education Chief to Warn Advocates That Inferior Charter Schools Harm the Effort - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    An interesting look at the charter school movement... Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently said that charter schools that are not top-tiered are actually hurting the charter school movement. This comes at a time when the Obama administration is stressing the value of opening more charter schools.
zeeschoolhosur

Zee School Hosur - Schools in Hosur | Top Schools in Hosur - 0 views

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    Litera Valley Zee School is one of the Hosur's driving scholarly schools and the main best class school in Hosur to possess its unique site. Inviting the day scholars, our school is an occupied, energetic and deliberate place established here which lives in the continuing estimations of the liberal convention. Since our establishment in 2010, Litera Valley Zee School has redrawn and reclassified the limits of scholarly and imaginative idea as an overwhelming scholastic focus. Our thorough, multidimensional condition disintegrates dividers amongst orders and helps support dynamic personalities. At our school, understudies have the scholastic flexibility to shape their remarkable, singular ways for a complex and quickly evolving world.
Krissy Woods

Reed College, in Need, Closes a Door to Needy Students - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Reed College, a private institution of higher education located in Portland, Oregon has been forced to change how they accept potential students for the 2010-2011 school year. Financial aid is running out, and the college has faced the difficult decision of admitting students who can only afford attending the school without help from additional funds. Faced with a decreasing endowment, the college is looking at other means of cutting costs without drastically changing the schools' academic mission. Admitting students who are financially secure dramatically changes the student body of Reed College. The article further describes the financial hardship this school is facing, such as submitting to hiring and salary freezes among other cost-cutting measures.
Jessica Michael

Va. Expands Costly 'Portfolio' Tests to More Categories of Challenged Students - washingtonpost.com - 0 views

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    Public schools have begun using portfolio style assessments for individuals in special education, and those who have high test anxiety. It appears these tests are proving successful and are able to fully assess the individuals learning and knowledge of subject matter. The portfolios are a pricey investment for the public schools at $500,000 for the school year and numerous teacher hours spent grading them; but who should put a price on education? I wonder if more schools will begin using portfolios for all assessments over the standarized test?
wemma47

Beacon Private school - One of the Best international school in Bahrain - 0 views

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    Which is the best school in Bahrain ? Check out Beacon Private School, one of the top international schools in Bahrain that provides world class education.
heritageschools

Best school in Dehardun |Best Dehradun Schools - 0 views

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    Best school in Dehradun the Heritage School in Dehraun is committed to provide an education which is rich in values and is meant for life.
Maria Mahon

Report Says Success at New York City's Small Schools Has a Price - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    While small schools in NYC are being hailed as success stories, larger comprehensive high schools are struggling with attendance and graduation rates. This article mentions doing more to support these schools that have a large number of high-needs students.
Amita L

What Is Schooling For? | The Good Human - 0 views

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    A website I found that explains schooling in relation to being a good human. I thought the website provided a clear, approachable way to understand how schooling and education are different.
heritageschools

Best ICSE School in Dehradun | Best ICSE School in Uttarakhand - 0 views

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    We believe that the aim of education is not to develop one single virtue but to produce extraordinary human beings who understand the meaning of life and what it demands from them for which we provide our students with all the facilities in order to provide them with a quality education. Because of these facts we are among the best ICSE Schools in Dehradun.
heritageschools

Don't take Stress, De-Stress! | The best ICSE School in Dehradun - 0 views

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    The Heritage School - the best ICSE School aims at providing an environment to all the students so that they are able to combat the exam stress if they have any and perform well. Here are a few tips mentioned, which one should take into account while studying to avoid stress and give exams smoothly without getting panicked.
sontimalonti

Revealed: new teaching methods that are producing dramatic results - Telegraph - 3 views

  • According to studies carried out at the National Institute for Child Health and Development in the United States, connections between developing brain cells form most effectively when the brain is given regular breaks, hence the spaces between lessons are every bit as crucial as the content of the lessons themselves;
  • the teacher gives a quickfire Powerpoint presentation, of about three slides a minute, and the pupils listen and read the screen, effectively taking in the information twice. After a gap, the same presentation is run, but there are missing spaces where the children have to fill in the missing words and repeat them aloud, which keeps their minds active and thinking. At this point they can also ask questions. After a second break, a similar presentation takes place.
  • Theoretically you could do half the year's syllabus in a couple of hours, leaving you with lots of time to do the exciting, practical stuff. But whether it would work for every single pupil in every single subject, I don't know
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  • In some ways, spaced learning is simply a modern twist on a very old-fashioned approach, that of rote learning.
  • Kids have higher expectations these days and they can multi-task and access new technology to a degree – and at a speed – that adults can only dream of, so if education is to remain relevant to them, we have to adapt, whether we like it or not.'
  • Over the past five years we've moved from an education system of very tightly regulated structure, curriculum and assessment to one where there's more freedom around the curriculum and much more freedom in the way schools organise themselves
  • In the classroom, pupils need continuity, not constant change and adoption of new fads. There's no substitute for an inspiring teacher passionate about their subject giving a well-planned lesson.'
  • Every child at the school has had some spaced learning lessons. The information that is compressed deals not only with key facts, but also with the fundamental principles of the subject, such as mathematical formulae, and gives examples of how to apply these. Some subjects, such as English, are harder to compress, but it can be done.
  • I find this new way of learning far more interesting than sitting with a textbook, and after every lesson I feel I've really learnt something, and I do remember it for a long time afterwards, too.'
  • Theoretically you could do half the year's syllabus in a couple of hours, leaving you with lots of time to do the exciting, practical stuff. But whether it would work for every single pupil in every single subject, I don't know,'
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      but surely this is crucial?
  • But the kids are on board and we're seeing the results. I suppose the thing that finally convinced me that we were on to something was when I sat in on one of our lessons and afterwards I discovered I knew chapter and verse on hormones – and had still retained the information months later.'
  • Rowena Coxon, a parent with two children at the school, Jenny, 16, and 14-year-old Elanor, admits that she had her doubts about spaced learning. 'I was sceptical at first, because it seemed to me that the students were spending a lot of time not actually learning, but what I found most striking was how much my daughters enjoyed it – far more than conventional cramming.
  • At Leasowes Community College in Dudley, outside Birmingham, the absolute antithesis of the eight-minute lesson is being hailed as the way forward. Here, classes can last up to five or six days. Students are immersed in a single subject, allowing them to complete practice, theory and coursework in a single block, and – so the theory goes – gain a deeper, more fundamental understanding of the topic. The corridors of this 1,200-roll school are papered with signs bearing stirring mottos such as success is a journey, not a destination, and Albert Camus's dictum you cannot create experience, you must undergo it.
  • 'We are combining the traditional with the innovative; we still teach languages, which is becoming increasingly rare, but we also recognise that part of our job is to prepare children to be successful in the world, so our aspirations are higher than getting them to pass a few exams. The sort of personal development we seek to promote doesn't fit into the culture of rigid one-hour lessons.'
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      as practised in waldorf schools for decades.
  • In the classroom, pupils need continuity, not constant change and adoption of new fads. There's no substitute for an inspiring teacher passionate about their subject giving a well-planned lesson.'
  • 'We have no bells here because they create a herd mentality. We want to foster personal responsibility; students can go to the loo when they want or fetch themselves a drink of water without asking permission. The teachers give them a break when they feel the kids need one.'
  • Traditionalists, brought up in the never-did-me-any-harm system of obedience – verging on obeisance – towards authority may find the modern vogue for individualism wholly at odds with their own school experience. Yet personal development has become the new clarion call across all areas of secondary education. Whether that can be achieved in tandem with outstanding exam results remains to be seen.
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    article on new teaching methods; new approach to learning - partnership with cambridge uni & microsoft education
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    most crucial aspect seems to me revisiting students and testing recall after a long period. Also, does this only apply to "fact learning", or does this also engage critical faculty?
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    The scientific method in education is concerned with giving the student breaks from lessons in order to help him focus more ..Greetings to all and happy to communicate with you. أطيب
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Anna Weaver

Academy uses hands-on methods to teach students science, math - 2 views

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    Using federal school improvement funds, an elementary school in Pittsburgh implemented an "Academy in Math and Science" program. The Academy allows students to explore science concepts through experimentation. Due to the popularity of the program, the school plans on adding one grade per year.
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