Quotable Education Quotes: 9/29/2014
** "The formal structures that buttress the [Common Core] standards, and the related tests from two federally funded consortia, have eroded somewhat, as states reconsider their adoptions of the standards and reject the common tests. And common-core advocates have...
Education-Related Websites to Visit: September 18, 2014
*** http://educatorlabs.org ~ This site, made up of school librarians and media specialists, helps teachers "discover valuable classroom resources, including the lesson plans you need." *** www.bing.com/classroom ~ This site provides "an ad-free, kid-friendly search...
Education-Related Facts: September 17, 2014
1) About 50,000 immigrant children are starting school; under federal law, they are entitled to a free public education regardless of immigrant status. 2) Finds Whiteboard Advisers, 72% of surveyed "key education influentials" agree that Congress won't reauthorize the...
Making Education News: September 16, 2014
1. $4 million in federal funds, ranging from $142,000 to $250,000, is being awarded to preparatory graduate schools for special education leadership positions. 2. The U.S. Department of Education has decided to evaluate states' special education systems based on the...
Quotable Education Quotes: September 15, 2014
** "As passed by Congress, the legislation language for Race to the Top invited states to put forward detailed plans to improve data systems, adopt 'career-and-college ready' standards and tests, hire great teachers and principals, and turn around low-performing...
Education-Related Websites: September 11, 2014
*** www.thebestbooksite.com: Here you'll find crafts, story times, and kids songs just for starters. *** www.discoveryeducation.com: This site offers digital textbooks, streaming digital media, curricular resources, and more for parents, teachers, and students. ***...
Making Education News: September 9, 2014
1. The Philadelphia School District's "School Redesign Initiative" is inviting teachers, principals, university and community organizations to propose turnaround designs instead of just going with more charters. As many as 10 schools could be transformed in September,...
Education Websites: September 4, 2014
*** http://littleclickers.com: Created by Children's Technology Review, this site offers "safe, fun, Internet explorations for children." *** http://gigglepoetry.com: This site is about all things poetry and leads with "How to Turn Struggling Readers into Fluent...
It’s an Education Fact: September 3, 2014
1. For the one in 8 children born to a mother without a high school diploma, 84% live in low-income families, just 16% read proficiently by 8th grade, 40% don't graduate on time, and 27% are obese. 2. Nearly 40% of 18- to 24-year-old Americans believe they're not good...
Making Education News: September 2, 2014
1. New Jersey Governor Christie has rolled back the impact of tests on teacher evaluations from 30% to 10% next year. 2. A new study finds that struggling first graders do significantly better when taught traditional math than progressive methods. 3. A move is afoot...
Quotable Quotes: September 1, 2014
** "Education is in something of a Catch-22. If they have standards, there will be dropouts among people who don't want to do the work to reach the minimum levels. If they don't have standards, they are just an assembly line and that is bad for teacher morale. Because...
Education-Related Websites: August 28, 2014
** www.shelsilverstein.com: Here visitors can listen to the author reading his poems accompanied by animated cartoons, make a bookmark, download puzzles, and so much more. ** www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus: Here you'll find games, stories, printables, videos, and...
It’s an Education Fact: August 27, 2014
1. Four years ago, about 40 states were interested in the $370 million federally-funded online Common Core assessments. At least 17 have now backed away from them. 2. Of the 35 waiver-monitoring reports reviewed by the U.S. Department of Education, 17 states are...
Making Education News: August 26, 2014
1. 60 of America's largest school districts are joining Obama's "My Brother's Keeper Program" to improve the education futures of African-American and Latino boys from preschool to high school graduation. 2. The FCC has approved spending $2 billion over two years to...
Quotable Education Quotes: August 25, 2014
** "This entire accountability system that's based on tests will crumble. It's not a question of if. It's a question of when." ~ Dennis Van Roekel, president of NEA ** "I agree with the critics mostly. Testing is out of control, and the stress it causes students and...
Back-to-School Shopping, Jitters, and Tips
It is the second biggest shopping spree of the year, bested only by the winter holidays. It's also about the longest. That’s because, for months now, stores such as JCP, Target, Staples, and Kohl’s have been hawking their back-to-school deals with such catchy...
Recommended Education-Related Websites: August 21, 2014
** http://quizlet.com: This free-top-use site offers free study tools and apps for students and teachers, grade school through grad school, saying, "Our users define what they need to learn (or teach) and how they want to do it." ** www.quizbean.com: This free-to-use...
Education-Related Facts: August 20, 2014
1. Four years ago, about 40 states were interested in the $370 million federally-funded online Common Core assessments. At least 17 have now backed away from them. 2. Of the 35 waiver-monitoring reports reviewed by the U.S. Department of Education, 17 states are...
Education News: August 19, 2014
1. Washington is the first state so far to lose its NCLB flexibility, and now the government has rejected all of its requests not to have to notify parents if their schools are not meeting AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) and allowing them to transfertheir kids to...
Quotable Education Quotes: August 18, 2014
** "Critics wondered how a competition among states--which would create winners and losers--could create educational equity (given that winners were chosen by how slavishly they bowed to the Education Department's reform tastes, and that the Gates Foundation spent...
