State backs off some school grading rulesNews from St. Augustine Record: The state is abandoning its proposal to grade public school centers dedicated to educating severely disabled students, but not its entire plan to hold special needs children to the same academic proficiency standards as non-disabled students. Some Northeast Florida parents of disabled children said [...]
Ball State reacts to No Child Left Behind Act being waivedNews from Ball State Daily News: The No Child Left Behind Act was a good idea, in theory. That was the sentiment shared by students around Teachers College and their dean John Jacobson. “The idea is absolutely the right thing,” Jacobson said. “But the structure [...]
Dickinson StateNews from alleged diploma mill for Chinese – San Francisco Chronicle: Dustin Monke / Associated Press Dickinson State University President D.C. Coston speaks on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, at the Badlands Activities Center in Dickinson, N.D. According to an audit report, the university awarded hundreds of degrees to foreign students who did not earn [...]
Board vote makes Idaho first state to require high school students to take 2 …News from Washington Post: BOISE, Idaho — Education officials on Thursday gave final approval to a plan that makes Idaho the first state in the nation to require high school students to take at least two credits online to graduate, despite [...]
Regents Set to Alter Rules for Grading State ExamsNews from New York Times: By SHARON OTTERMAN Published: October 17, 2011 Teachers in New York State will soon be banned from grading their own students’ state standardized tests, a Board of Regents committee decided on Monday, part of an effort to curtail cheating on the high-stakes [...]
Nearly 75% of California high school grads go to college, state findsNews from Los Angeles Times: The California Department of Education said Thursday that nearly three-quarters of California’s high school graduates went on to higher education, a statistic made possible by a recently developed statewide student tracking system. Using data from the 2008-09 school year, [...]
State ed board OKs takeover of IPS schools for 2012News from Indianapolis Star: Email this article State ed board OKs takeover of IPS schools for 2012 Struggling Emma Donnan Middle School, Manual and Arlington high schools under control; board eyes proposal to grab T.C. Howe, too. A link to this page will be included in [...]
State Challenges Seen as Whittling Away Federal Education Law News from New York Times: By SAM DILLON Published: August 14, 2011 HELENA, Mont. — As hundreds of schools here and across the nation faced being labeled failures under the federal No Child Left Behind law, Montana education officials defiantly informed Washington this spring that they [...]
RUHS, Mira Costa Dropout Rates Well Below State, County Averages News from Patch.com: Just in time for the new school year, the California Department of Education has released new performance figures for schools across the state. And according to those numbers, Mira Costa High School’s class of 2010 had a 3.5 percent dropout rate over [...]
State wants waiver from ‘No Child’ News from Minneapolis Star Tribune: Seizing a chance to give schools relief from strict testing benchmarks and increasing penalties, Gov. Mark Dayton said Monday that Minnesota will apply for a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law. The Obama administration says it will exempt states from key [...]
