Quotable Education-Related Quotes: 12/10/2012
"What happens in childhood, like a child's footprint in wet cement, leaves its mark forever." ~ Dr. Vincent J. Felitti, director, Adverse Childhood Experiences Study "As the Common Core makes its way into real-life classrooms, I hope teachers are able to adjust its...
Currently in Education: 12/6/2012
Turns out districts applying for the latest Race to the Top grant competition will, in many cases, spend more applying than they'd receive if they win--sometimes nine times more. A Time and Carnegie Corporation poll of 1,000 adults found that 80% believe that, at many...
Your Education News Update: 12/5/2012
Two years ago, the U.S. Department of Education awarded $650 million in Investing in Innovation (i3) grants, but grantees are now having trouble raising the more than $100 million in matching private funds. Twenty school districts and non-profits are set to share $150...
Education-Related Websites to Visit: 12/4/2012
www.coursesmart.com ~ This is the world's largest provider of e-textbooks and digital course materials; here you can rent online texts for up to 60% less than printed college textbooks. http://stoptextsstopwrecks.org ~ This site's mission is to help prevent injuries...
Quotable Education-Related Quotes: 12/3/2012
"There is nothing startling about the confirmation that the higher the income of the test-taker's family, the better the chances for success. It has been that way since this examination [SAT] was first established in 1926 to screen applicants for elite Ivy League...
Education News Update: 11/30/2012
The Obama administration is awarding $290 million in grants to reward top teachers and boost opportunities for teachers who work in the almost 1,000 impoverished schools in 18 states and D.C. The U.S. Department of Education is sending more than $24 million to 22...
Education Websites to Visit: 11/28/2012
www.nctm.org ~ This National Council of Teachers of Mathematics site covers everything you'll need when it comes to math--and for all grade levels. www.arkive.org ~ This site invites visitors to "explore 15,000 of the world's most endangered species. With over 100,000...
Factually Speaking: 11/27/2012
The mean SAT reading score was 496 out of a possible 800, a 40-year low; math scores were flat at 514. Writing came in at 488, down 9 points since 2006 and the lowest since writing was added to the SAT. 57% of those taking the SATs did not achieve a combined score of...
Education-Relatated Quotes: 11/26/2012
"Last week, Education Secretary Arne Duncan declared a war on paper textbooks. 'Over the next few years,' he said in a speech at the National Press Club, 'textbooks should be obsolete.' In their place would come a variety of digital-learning technologies, like...
Education News Update: 11/09/2012
Ohio is one of 20 states piloting a new "Teacher Performance Assessment" whereby teacher hopefuls are videotaped during their student teaching experience; scoring is done by independent judges. A large expense for the Philadelphia School District is charter schools,...
Education-Related Websites to Visit
www.noredink.com ~ This is a free, "web-based learning platform that helps students improve their grammar and writing skills." It comes complete with practice exercises, assignments, quizzes, progress-tracking features, and more. http://wonderopolis.org ~ This...
Education Facts: 11/6/2012
An AdoptAClassroom.org survey found that 91% of teachers buy basic supplies for their students. 67% buy food and snacks; 30% buy warm outerwear, and 29% buy such items as soap and toilet paper. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 21% of those 18...
Education-Related Quotes: 10/26/2012
"Unfortunately, sometimes parents feign unconditional love to make up for the fact that they are not willing to give their children the valuable time needed to properly parent. They are not willing, or able, to work with their child, to listen to their child, to talk...
Education-Related News: 10/25/2012
Nearly all states have developed curricular and supplemental materials designed to implement the Common Core Standards, but just 4 of them--DE, KY, OK, and NB--require that districts use such materials. A longer and shorter version of the Smarter Balanced Common Core...
Education-Related Websites: 10/24/2012
http://learni.st ~ This is a Pinterest-like platform that lets teachers and students created "learn boards" for every possible topic and subject--even punk music. http://educore.ascd.org ~ This ASCD site helps teachers transition to the Common Core Standards with...
Education Facts: 10/23/2012
10% of K-8 students are held back for one or more years--including 25% of low-income students. About 7 million students--15% of all American school children--miss a month or more of school each year, according to the Get Schooled Foundation. Nearly 50% of truant...
Education-Related Quotes: 10/22/2012
"The President has said that changes are needed to close the persistent gap between poor and privileged students, drive up high school graduation rates, and produce a workforce that can compete globally. But it is impossible to predict whether his policies, which are...
Education-Related Websites: 10/17/2010
www.studentreasures.com ~ This site offers "several free programs for K-6 educators to help turn your students into published authors." For middle schoolers, there is a fee for the kits. http://magazine.scholastic.com/election-2012 ~ Here, you'll find a collection of...
Education Facts: 10/16/2012
Today, there are some 5,600 charter schools operating in 41 states and D.C., putting Catholic schools at a distinct disadvantage. In the 1987-88 school year, there were about 65,000 first-year teachers; by 2007-08, there were more than 200,000. On the NAEP writing...
Parenting Quotes: 10/15/2012
"Trust yourself; you know more than you think you do."~ Benjamin Spock "There really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child." Anne Lamott "Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them." ~ P.J. O'Rourke "You...
