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...
Education News: 4/4/2013
When Arne Duncan became education secretary, he vowed to close or revamp 1,000 schools a year for 5 years. The result: activists across the country recently converged on the U.S. Department of Education demanding that the shutdowns be stopped. North Dakota has merged...
Education-Related Websites: 4/3/2013
www.edcanvas.com ~ Here you can do web quests, project-based learning, gather and annotate online resources, share content, and so much more. www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/29-amazing-craft-ideas ~ Here you'll find out how to make everything from bookmarks and...
It’s an Education Fact: 4/2/2013
The graduation rate rose to 78.2% for public school students, up from 71.7% in 2001. Overall, 3.1 million students received a diploma in 2010. The U.S. has slipped from #1 to #22 out of 27 developed countries in their graduation rate. An Education Sector survey found...
Quotable Education Quotes: 4/1/2013
"Knowing how to identify and measure great teaching is a huge step toward providing better feedback and support for teachers and building a better education system for all our children--but it's just one step. The challenge now is to use this information to give...
Education Making the News: 3/28/2013
In the second $4 billion Race to the Top grant competition, 12 states won, but now three of them--D.C., Maryland, and Georgia--are not making enough progress on the promises they'd made in their winning applications, such as improving low-performing schools. 49% of...
Education-Related Websites to Visit: 3/27/2013
http:://igamemom.com ~ This is "a place for busy parents to discover good applications for kids and to explore ways to stated engaged with kids in the game world." http://edu.glogster. com ~ This site allows you to incorporate text, video, images, and custom graphics...
Education Facts: 3/26/2013
A Scholastic survey found that 58% of 6- to 17-year-olds believe they will always want to read books printed on paper even if e-books are available. Pennsylvania's pension program is underfunded by a combined $41 billion. Overall, STEM (science, technology,...
Quotable Education Quotes: 3/25/2013
"Children in school today will be the first generation that will be less educated than their parents. Critics say, 'So what if America's education rankings aren't at the top? America's schools have always been in the middle of the pack, and it hasn't hurt us.' These...
Making Education News: 3/20/2013
Obama's plan to provide pre-school for every 4-year-old in the country would cost state and federal governments as much as $15 billion more a year over the $9 billion already budgeted annually now. Under Obama's NCLB waiver program, if a school has a statistically...
Quotable Education Quotes: 2/19/2013
"This simple [NCLB] waiver authority has turned into a conditional waiver, with the secretary [Arne Duncan] basically grabbing--grabbing's not the right word--having more authority to make decisions that, in my view, should be made locally by the state and local...
