Daily Archives: 7:11 AM
For Poorer Students, an Attempt to Let New Experiences Guide Learning
May want work there one day. P.S. 142 is a high poverty school so close to the Williamsburg Bridge that during recess children can hear the cars above them driving… Read more
Mooresville School District, a Laptop Success Story
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Sixty educators from across the nation roamed the halls and ringed the rooms of East Mooresville Intermediate School, searching for the secret formula. They found it in… Read more
Significant Growth in School Choice
More schools, more students, fewer limits on income eligibility The number of students using taxpayer-funded vouchers for private school tuition increased 12% in the current school year, representing the largest… Read more
worldsteel announces the steeluniversity Challenge World Champions
Brussels, 13 February 2012 – The World Steel Association (worldsteel) today announced the sixth steeluniversity Challenge’s new world champions. A team from Shougang Qiangang in China won in the category… Read more
Texans Are Baffled by the Keystone Decision
By RICK PERRY – China will get the oil from Canada that could have come to the U.S. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Beijing recently signing an agreement… Read more
Class size, testing worry Middle TN teachers
Middle Tennessee teachers say changes to education coming from state lawmakers are making it tougher to meet the challenges they face in the classroom. About 100 teachers from Nashville and… Read more
Genetically modified mosquitoes may soon be released in Florida
(NaturalNews) In an effort to help eradicate dengue fever and the mosquitos that spread it, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) is seeking federal and state approval to release… Read more
Fighting over school block schedule fad with meager results
By Jay Mathews – Fads rule much of American education. A good example is block scheduling. In most high schools in the Washington area — and much of the rest… Read more
Ravitch: Why states should say ‘no thanks’ to charter schools
By Diane Ravitch – Former D.C. school chancellor Michelle Rhee has sent her followers to Alabama to promote charter schools, but Alabama should say “no, thanks.” The District of Columbia… Read more
Eulogy for a brilliant mentor and teacher
By Valerie Strauss – Here is a eulogy for a pioneering scientist that says more about the lifelong effects of a dynamic teacher on his students than any “value-added” formula… Read more
