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...
Education News: 3/18/2013
For the fifth year in a row, Maryland's public school system earned the top spot with a B+ in Education Weekly's Quality Counts 2013. Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia cam in next with overall grades of B. Former D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee's Students...
Education-Related Websites: 3/14/2013
www.assistments.org ~This is a free "online platform that allows teachers to write and select questions, students get immediate feedback and useful tutoring, and teachers receive instant reports to help inform their classroom instruction." This site also offers...
It’s an Education Fact: 3/12/2013
Currently, 20% of all men and 1/7 of all women between 20 and 24 lack a high school diploma, making it difficult for them to get good-paying jobs. About 38% of the $7.76 billion education-technology market goes to "instructional support." Companies providing that...
Education Quotes: 3/11/2013
"America's downfall doesn't begin with the 'low information voter.' It starts with the no-knowledge student. For decades, collectivist agitators in our schools have chipped away at academic excellence in the name of fairness, diversity, and social justice....
Quotable Education Quotes: 2/25/2013
"If Twitter had existed in Homer's day, would he have tweeted? If his time had been so occupied, would he still have been able to compose his twin masterpieces, The Illiad and The Odyssey--the foundation texts of Western civilization? More important, if a person...
Education Websites Worth a Visit: 1/21//2013
http://klasskids.org ~ This site "provides parents with a free browser plug-in designed to protect children from corporate tracking and family computer malware and more. www.remind101.com ~ Here you'll find a safe way to text message students and keep in touch with...
Current Education Facts: 2/20/2013
Currently, 20% of all men and 1/7th of all women between 20 and 24 lack a high school diploma, making it difficult for them to get good paying jobs. About 38% of the $7.76 billion education technology market goes to "instructional support." Companies providing that...
A Must-Read: Character Building for Kids
Childrearing books abound, but it is rare to find one that addresses such a wide range of kid behaviors--and in such a humorous, compassionate way. Topics include impatience, greediness, unreasonableness, swearing, texting, and so on--all the things that worry and...
Quotable Education Quotes: 2/18/2013
"By all means, let us take a hard look at our national obsession with tests and scores and grades, and let us think more generously about what kinds of people we want our schools to develop. Part of such reconsideration would include a reclaiming of the full meaning...
Making Education News: 2/14/2013
In addition to the Race to the Top for districts granting awards of $5 million to $40 million over 4 years to districts, the FY12 budget included Effective Teachers and Leaders State Grants of $2.5 billion. For the FY13 budget, the Title II Teacher Quality Grants are...
