It’s an Education-Related Fact: 8/13/2013
1) America spends more than any other developed nation for student education: more than $11,000 per elementary student in 2010, and more than $12,000 for a high schooler. 2) In 1970, 26% of the workforce had a college diploma; in 2012, 61% of the middle class had one....
Quotable Education Quotes: 8/12/2013
** "Most of my teaching career was spent working with at-risk kids, the ones destined to fail. The scores of my students cannot be compared with the scores of the AP teacher's students. My students scores should be compared with their previous test scores to see how...
1. Beginning in spring 2015, the ACT exam will be offered both online and as a paper and pencil test. 2. Ability grouping is now back, thus helping teachers cope with students' various skills and achievement levels. 3. Pennsylvania is proposing to toughen standards...
Education-Related Websites to Visit: 8/7/2013
** www.familyconnect.net ~ This site "makes it easy for parents to gain and maintain the peace of mind that comes with being able to quickly locate their children from their Internet accessible device." ** http://juniebjones.com ~ This site offers all kinds of games,...
It’s an Education Fact: 8/06/2013
1) Only 39% of teachers say they are very satisfied with their jobs, down from 62% in 2008. 51% report feeling under great stress several days a week. 2) 85% of teachers say their principals are doing an excellent or pretty good job; 98% of principals give their...
Education-Related Websites to Visit: 7/31/2013
** www.teachingbooks.net ~ This site says, "If you read fiction and nonfiction books in any discipline or setting, TeachingBooks.net's database of instructional materials will enliven your K-12 reading and library activities." ** www.polarhusky.com ~As the site...
The Common Core Assessments: Demanding, Online-Only, and Controversial, Too
The Common Core State Standards in English/language arts and mathematics are now closer than ever to arriving at a school near you. That’s because 45 states and the District of Columbia have signed on to them—a few even before the standards had been written....
The Common Core Standards: A Summer 2013 Update
Introduced in draft form in 2009, the Common Core Standards are on their way to schools across the country, ready or not. This large scale education reform was initiated by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers...
Quotable Education Quotes: 7/29/2013
** "Back in 2011, the administration's Race to the Top sweepstakes . . . had a round focused on early childhood education. The first priority that states were asked to consider as they wrote their proposals was this: 'Priority 1: Absolutely Priority--Using Early...
Making Common Core News: 7/25/2013
1. More than one million students across the country have participated in a pilot of the math and English/language arts SBAC and PARCC Common Core standardized tests to help prepare teachers for when they really count. 2. The Next Generation Science Standards have...
Education-Related Websites: 7/24/2013
** http://englishcompanion.ning.com ~ This site explains that it's "where teachers go to help each other, a place to ask questions and get help . . ." ** www.usingenglish.com ~ This site offers "a large collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools and...
It’s an Education Fact: 7/23/2013
1) A recent survey showed that 71% of 4th grade teachers grouped their students by reading ability in 2009, up from 28% in 1998. In math, 61% of them grouped by ability, up from 40% in 1996. 2) Obama's School Improvement Grant program has given up to $2 million to...
Quotable Common Core Quotes: 7/22/2013
** "In fact, I think Common Core is going to set education back even further because you're dictating curriculum, what people are supposed to regurgitate on some kind of an assessment that's supposed to gauge how well kids have learned the material and how well...
Education-Related Websites to Visit: 7/17/2013
** http://quest.nasa.gov ~ Here you'll find "free, web-based, interactive explorations designed to engage students in authentic scientific and engineering processes . . ." ** http://pbskids.org ~ This site offers videos, games, even shows. ** www.quizpoo.com ~ Called...
It’s an Education Fact: 7/16/2013
1) While women hold 48% of all U.S. jobs, they hold just 24% of STEM-related ones. 2) Tech jobs represented 5.4% of the private sector workforce with an average salary of $93,800 vs. the average private wage earner's $47,400. 3) Now only 4% to 5% of children start...
Quotable Education Quotes: 7/15/2013
** On online schools: "Like the charter schools, they have no busing costs, they have no transportation costs, there's just a whole series of costs they don't have. So the question is, why would we give them as much money as we give to traditional public schools? The...
Making Common Core News: 7/11/2013
11. Opposition to the Common Core Standards is mounting--especially towards their frequent testing and mostly from conservative groups and teacher unions. Meanwhile, many Democrats, while not opposed to national standards, say that the Common Core is not based on...
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....
