State officials bash federal education standard 98% of high schools don’t meetNews from Chicago Sun-Times: BY ROSALIND ROSSI and LAUREN FITZPATRICK Staff Reporters October 30, 2012 5:46PM Illinois State Board of Education Chairman Gery Chico, right, and State Superintendent of Education Christopher Koch discussed state test scores, the number of schools that missed Adequate Yearly [...]
Illinois releasing report card on state schoolsNews from San Francisco Chronicle: CHICAGO (AP) — State education officials released the last-of-its-kind report card for Illinois schools on Tuesday, offering the confusing and sometimes contradictory findings as Exhibit A in their reasoning to toss the system for evaluating students and schools. The system is part of the [...]
Take Stock in Children hopes for more donations with nonprofitNews from Bradenton Herald: MANATEE — The young man stood before a packed school boardroom and told a crowd of school officials, community leaders and state legislators why the odds were stacked against him. His parents? Mexican immigrants who dreamed of a better life and moved [...]
Persons of the Week: Fostering education: Volunteers find working with …News from The Tribune-Democrat: — Dorothy Thomas, Dee Gregg and Arlene Williams can read children at East Side Elementary School like a book. That gift enables the three volunteers with the Cambria County Foster Grandparent Program to educate children in the school, one of two [...]
Early Childhood Education Key to Development, Transformation Says JonathanNews from AllAfrica.com: President Goodluck Jonathan Friday said that sound education, application of knowledge and policy implementation of early childhood education were key in promoting speedy development in the country. He said in Port Harcourt, Rivers State while declaring open the third National Conference on Kindergarten Education, [...]
NC gov hopefuls differ on public education’s pathNews from San Francisco Chronicle: RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The major-party candidates for North Carolina governor agree that public schools and colleges must improve the link between what students study and the job skills demanded of local and international employers looking to expand. “In today’s world, we’re not [...]
Taliban’s attack on Pakistan education goes beyond one girlNews from Los Angeles Times: SWABI, Pakistan — Under a torrid sun on a parched patch of dirt, 65 young boys and girls wiped sweat from their foreheads and struggled to concentrate on their studies. There were no blackboards, no desks. Nearby, their white two-room country school [...]
Jonathan, Ezekwesili, Amaechi Seek Legislation for Early Child EducationNews from AllAfrica.com: President Goodluck Jonathan, former Vice President of World Bank, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili and Chairman, Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), Chibuike Amaechi, have made a case for legislation on early child education across the country. Jonathan made the call yesterday while declaring open a three-day National [...]
State education officials raise Waltham High School to level one statusNews from Boston.com: By Jaclyn Reiss, Town Correspondent State education officials have raised Waltham High School’s accountability level from level two status last year, which designated the school as not closing proficiency gaps to state standards, to level one status, the highest level the state [...]
Mali Conflict Keeps Children Out of SchoolNews from Voice of America: Read, listen and learn English with this story. Double-click on any word to find the definition in the Merriam-Webster Learner’s Dictionary. Print Email Share: x … Read the full article . Related News: . Yes on amendment is vote for the childrenNews from The [...]
