Education-Related Websites to Visit: 7/10/2013
*** www.themoreyouknow.com ~ This site offers a free downloadable eBook to help kids understand how to "behave" online and start a conversations about online safety. *** www.colorincolorado.com ~ This is a "bilingual site for families and educators of English language...
It’s an Education Fact: 7/09/2013
1. A National Council on Teacher Quality found that annual teacher pay increases dropped from 3.6% in 2008-09 to 1.3% in 2011-12. 2. U.S. unemployment remains at 7.5%, with only 50% of young blacks in their 20s holding a job. 3. In the past 2 school years, 40...
Quotable Education Quotes: 7/08/2013
** "I reject the idea that [accountability-based testing] forces people to cheat." ~ Arne Duncan, U.S. Education Secretary ** "In the years ahead, the burden will be on unions to develop policies rooted in information-era schools where student learning is the focus....
Making Education News: 7/04/2013
1. Just so you know: The U.S. boasted 1/3 of all high-performing students in both reading and science among the OCED nations--far more than our next closest competitor Japan. On math, we claimed 14% of the high performers, with Japan coming in at 15.2% and South Korea...
Education-Related Websites to Visit
*** http://juniebjones.com/parent-newsletter-signup/ ~ Just sign your kid up for the Junie B.! Kids Reading Club and receive a starter kit that includes a free book and activity pages. *** www.scholastic.com/summer ~ Sign up your child for the 2013 Scholastic Summer...
It’s an Education Fact: 7/02/2013
1) The $650 million ("i3) grant competition awarded up to $50 million to each of 49 recipients in 2010. 2) On the NAEP in economics, 43% of high schoolers scored at the "proficient" level or above. The breakdown: 53% of whites, 26% of Hispanics, and 17% of blacks. 3)...
Quotable Quotes: 7/01/13
"When I was a child, back in the Parenting Stone Age (a.k.a. the Parentocentric Era), your parents were the most important people in the family. They paid the bills, bought your clothes, prepared the food you ate, took care of you when you were sick, drove you to...
Recommended Education Websites: 5/22/2013
www.persuasivegames.com/games ~ This site offers a variety of quality video games for educators and others--and all so much better than "Angry Birds." www.starfall.com ~ This site teaches children "to read with phonics using a systematic phonics approach and in...
Current Education Facts: 5/21/2013
According to an UCLA survey, 87.9% of freshmen this year said "being able to get a better job" is an important reason to go to college. Between 2005 and 2011, 45 states increased the number of 8th graders taking Algebra I. Nevertheless, states that didn't actually...
Quotable Parenting Education Quotes: 5/20/2013
"Kids are in school for six hours a day. The rest of the time, they're at home. And unless parents work in concert with their children's teachers, their children will never be able to reach their true potential. Over the summer, it's entirely possible for a kid, if...
Making Education News: 5/16/2013
Obama's fiscal 2014 budget boosts Education Department funding to $71.2 billion in a $3.8 trillion budget. That's $3.1 billion more than it received in 2012--despite the sequester. Although Education Secretary Arne Duncan predicted that the Common Core Standards...
Education-Related Websites to Visit: 5/15/2013
www.wholekidsfoundation.org ~ This organization's mission is "to improve children's nutrition and wellness" as well as ending obesity and more. It offers lessons that gets kids thinking about healthy eating through recycled art projects and that's just the beginning....
It’s an Education Technology Fact: 5/14/2013
A SmartBrief on EdTech poll found that 60% of respondents said their districts use technology as part of instruction or assessment in all core subjects. The 27% who do so in math primarily use such tools as clickers and interactive white boards. A 2012 Innosight...
Quotable Education Quotes: 5/13/2013
"You can download all of the classics that most English departments use for free. And you're not making 7,000 photocopies anymore. Kids say, 'Oh, I lost my packet'--the infamous packet. Well, the packet is digital now." ~ Paula Byrne, librarian "It is really too soon...
It’s an Education Fact: 4/25/2013
Across the U.S. and all occupations, there are 3.6 people for every one job. In STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) fields, there's one person for every 1.9 jobs. In Texas, more than 35 days of the 180 are spent in testing. American students are in school...
Quotable Education-Related Quotes: 4/22/2013
"I have come to the conclusion that the Common Core Standards effort is fundamentally flawed by the process by which they have been foisted upon the nation. President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan often stay that the Common Core Standards were developed by...
Making Education News: 4/19/2013
Obama's NCLB waivers, while relieving its accountability requirements still mandate high-stakes testing, thus raising test scores into an end unto themselves. Although only Nebraska, Vermont, and Montana have yet to request or been granted NCLB waivers, only 12 states...
Education-Related Websites: 4/17/2013
www.whitehouse.gov ~ This site's College Scoreboard says it helps with finding the right-fit college. www.smartscience.net ~ This site offers up "a new era in science education," with College Board-approved courses for all lab sciences, built-in offline experiments,...
It’s an Education Fact: 4/16/2013
The latest MetLife Survey of the American Teacher finds that teacher satisfaction has declined since 2008 from 62% to 39%. Moreover, 51% report feeling under pressure several days a week, up from 36% in 1985. Last year, 954,070 students took an AP exam, and about 20%...
"Government failure is hardly new, though President Obama has given it a characteristic new twist: A program's proven inability to do the things it is supposed to do is now an argument for expanding it. In our new progressive era, no program can ever end because the...
